On Sunday, police were interspersed with marchers in the procession called a second line parade.

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They will line the route of the funeral procession from Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday.

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And, once centre Atkins had opened the scoring on 14 minutes it was a steady procession over the Huddersfield line.

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The shooting happened at what is known as a second-line parade - an impromptu community procession in which people dance down the street behind the official parade.

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But from then on it was one-way Blues traffic, as first Sweeney, then Halfpenny twice - the full-back providing the overlap first on the right then the left wing - Rhys Thomas, Gareth Thomas and Maama Molitika all followed the procession to the try line.

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Four days later, a line of cars in MacPhail's funeral procession stretched from Savannah's Trinity Lutheran Church to Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery.

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Only a last-gasp tackle from Brew, causing James to lose the ball as he stooped for the line in the left corner, interrupted the Blues' procession of scores.

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