Other high profile switches include Jason Robinson and Henry Paul for England and Mat Rogers, Lote Tuqiri and Wendell Sailor for Australia.

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For examples, look at Mary Robinson in Northern Ireland, Henry Kissinger in Vietnam and Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin in Israel-Palestine.

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Paul Robinson was tested by a low Henry effort which served as a warning shot that Arsenal were quick to follow up.

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The careers of Benny Leonard, Joe Louis, Henry Armstrong and most of all, Sugar Ray Robinson, attest that defeats don't always debunk.

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Matt Robinson closed the gap just before half time, Leigh Henry tied the game up at three-all, before Lapham's header won it for Marine in injury time.

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