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The 18th instalment in Miles Harrison’s Rugby Fantasy Land see him select a venue, referee and kit

Tune in for the 18th instalment of Miles Harrison’s Rugby Fantasy Land as he selects a venue, referee and kit for his Golden Oldies vs ‘Young Ones’ match-up.

These are teams with players who raise the spirits, ones that get you out of your seat. This could be down to their flair, skills and speed or because of their power, strength and physical presence.

These fantasy teams are not claiming to have the very greatest players in their positions although in all cases they are inevitably truly great players, the selection is about making sure these teams would play the most amazingly entertaining rugby the selector could possibly dream of.

Miles picks the kits, venue and referee for his Rugby Fantasy Land below

Next up, it’s the venue, referee and kits chosen ahead of the big kick-off.

I hope you have a great trip to Fantasy Land and that, at least for a moment or two, it takes your mind off what’s happening in the world at this time. Stay safe and healthy, Miles.

Venue: Cardiff Principality Stadium

Despite the modern name and surroundings, I love my history and this is also a full-on retro choice too as we try and reproduce one of rugby’s greatest days.

If our fantasy match reached anywhere near the heights of the Barbarians versus New Zealand in 1973, then we would all leave extremely happy. So, it had to be Cardiff, a ground that remains to this day my favourite of all rugby stadia.

For Graham Henry, it would be an emotional ‘home-coming’ to Wales and a chance to right the wrong of the 2007 World Cup quarter-final versus France too.

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The Millennium Stadium, known these days as the Principality Stadium, is Miles’ favourite rugby stadia

Referee: Georges Domercq (France)

Wayne Barnes, the referee for that infamous New Zealand World Cup defeat was obviously considered as he has undoubtedly become one of the…