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The youngsters pressed the button to detonate the explosives, with the site being cleared for new homes.

Only later would Robyn realise it was the first bomb detonating at the nearby Mulberry Bush, at the base of the Rotunda building.

Anti-personnel landmines are explosives which are often concealed on the ground and designed to detonate when people step over or near them.

Once the battery runs out, they will not detonate.

The six replacement forwards – an Anglo-Saxon answer to South Africa’s bomb squad – failed to detonate, falling foul of Gardner at scrums and breakdown.