James Lionel Broome Salmon (born 16 October 1959) is a retired rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 centre who uniquely appeared in international matches for both New Zealand and England

England national rugby union team

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Career

He became a Wellington

Wellington Rugby Football Union

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 player in 1980 and first appeared for New Zealand at under-23 level before being selected for a match against Fiji which did not carry full capped status. He was selected for New Zealand's tour to Europe in the autumn of 1981 and won all his three All Black caps on that tour. He made his full New Zealand debut against Romania

Romania national rugby union team

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 in Bucharest and played in both tests against France

France national rugby union team

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Salmon returned to England at the end of the 1983 New Zealand season having made 64 appearances for Wellington. He made his England international debut on the 1st June 1985 against his former team, New Zealand, in Christchurch, losing 18-13. His last appearance for England was in the 1987 Rugby World Cup

1987 Rugby World Cup

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 against Wales in Brisbane, losing 16-3. In total he won twelve caps for England in addition to his three for New Zealand.

He played his club rugby with Harlequins

Harlequin F.C.

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, and after retiring had an executive role with them.

Since retiring from rugby, he has worked for Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 and ITV

ITV

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 and also has a column in The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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