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18 Facts About Austin Healey

1.

Austin Healey played for England at scrum half, fly-half, fullback and wing, and was often used as a replacement because of his versatility.

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2.

Austin Healey is a famously competitive and "outspoken" character, gaining the nickname "The Leicester Lip".

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3.

Austin Healey passed the entrance exam and attended St Anselm's College, Birkenhead then Leeds Polytechnic.

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4.

Austin Healey played for England U21 in 1992 and went on to represent England A and the Barbarians '96 tour of Japan.

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5.

Austin Healey made his full England debut against Ireland during the 1997 Five Nations tournament, and toured with the British Lions in 1997, making two appearances.

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6.

In 2001 he made the break during the Heineken Cup final that resulted in the winning try - Austin Healey had started the match at scrum half with Andy Goode at 10, but was switched to fly-half in the closing minutes.

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7.

Austin Healey scored the second and decisive try against Munster when Tigers retained the cup the following year.

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8.

Austin Healey returned to international action appearing as a replacement in all three of the following season's autumn internationals when England recorded a series of victories over Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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9.

Austin Healey flew out to Australia as injury cover for the victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup, however he was never officially added to the squad after certain players recovered, meaning he was unable to pick up a medal for the success despite flying out to Australia.

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10.

Austin Healey was included in the long list, but not the tour party.

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11.

Austin Healey looked back to near his best form and pressed both Harry Ellis and Andy Goode out of their respective regular slots of 9 and 10 at different times throughout the season.

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12.

Austin Healey competed in the sixth series of the BBC competition series Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Erin Boag.

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13.

Austin Healey was eliminated in week 12 of the competition to come 4th overall.

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14.

Austin Healey presented The Big Tackle on ITV in March 2009, aimed at promoting and assisting rugby clubs around the country.

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15.

Austin Healey competed on show one of the new series of Beat the Star in April 2009.

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16.

Austin Healey appeared as one of the team captains for the second series of Hole in the Wall along with ex-EastEnders star Joe Swash.

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17.

Austin Healey is the host of the ITV gameshow The Fuse, which began on 13 July 2009.

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18.

Austin Healey appeared on BBC gameshow, Mastermind, on 4 January 2013.

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