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Cardiff-born Sir Billy scored 478 tries in 488 matches for Wigan after making the switch from rugby union - then an amateur game - to the professional ranks of rugby league in 1953.

He is now the first South African to win a major ICC trophy, and follows in the footsteps of Siya Kolisi, South Africa's black double World Cup-winning rugby union captain, in breaking barriers.

Alongside firefighters, many of whom were in tears, members of the Bicester Rugby Union Football Club lined the road waiting for Ms Logan, who played for its Bicester Vixens side.

The Premiership - the top flight of English rugby union - will become the 'Gallagher Prem' next season as it rebrands to emphasise the physicality and intensity of the league.

"There is loads to learn, and I am looking forward to see how they all train, their habits and the extra stuff they do," Morgan tells Rugby Union Weekly.