Players such as Will Carling Tony Ward, Jim Glennon and Terry Kennedy, have played in the game.
In the first test against New Zealand, Smit equalled the record of 59 Tests as captain held by Australia's George Gregan and England's Will Carling.
She is the ex-wife of former England rugby captain Will Carling.
Former England Rugby Captain Will Carling set the riders on their way, returning at the end of the race to present the medals to the participants.
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They were believed by many to be England's greatest centre pairing until Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott.
He attended Red House School & Sedbergh School in the Yorkshire Dales, which has produced a number of professional rugby union players including Will Greenwood, Will Carling and Phil Dowson, with whom he played alongside in the same XV.
The 50th Anniversary October 1997 dinner with attendance by guests such as Peter Brooks (President of the RFU) Will Carling (Former England skipper and British Lions) and former Marlow player Paul Burnell (Scotland and British Lions) was a further example of the esteem Marlow is held in Rugby
Partnering Wade Dooley, Ackford became an important part of the new side captained by Will Carling.