Paul Rendall scrums down with England frontrow colleagues Brian Moore and Gareth Chilcott in 1998. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/AllsportFormer England prop Paul Rendall has died aged 69 following a battle with motor neuron disease.
Rendall won 28 caps in a Test career lasting from 1984 to 1991, playing his final game in a World Cup pool match against Italy, after which he was struck down by an Achilles injury. Nicknamed ‘The Judge’ because of his role as fines master when on tour, the loose head came to international rugby late after making his debut against Wales as a 30-year-old.
He played in a fearsome frontrow completed by Brian Moore and Jeff Probyn before being squeezed out by the emergence of Jason Leonard.
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