"Now we are at the stage where our young players are as good as the better player from the better European leagues, " explained head football coach Michael Browne.

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The paintings there range from a 10ft (3m) depiction of former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona as Christ by Michael Browne, to Thomas Webster's image of a rural game of football in 1839.

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In addition to those cited in this report, the author is particularly grateful for the insights, many of them off the record, of Hal Sirkin, Nandan Nilekani, Alvaro Rodriguez Arragui, Bernard Charles, Joshua Ramo, Michelle Guthrie, Arjun Divecha, Len Blavatnik, Viktor Vekselberg, Malvinder Singh, Bill Ford, Michael Green, Lord John Browne, John Studzinski, Bill Rhodes, Diana Farrell, Mikhail Fridman, Graham Mackey, Thor Bjorgolfsson, Ram Charan, Nabil Habayeb, Diana Glassman, David Rubenstein, Eli Jacobs, Dambisa Moyo, Alastair Newton and Michael Patsalos Fox.

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They arrived with an unchanged starting line-up including Michael Stephenson and number eight Daniel Browne, both released by Bath last summer.

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Tries from Daniel Browne, Olly Barkley, Michael Lipman, Joe Maddock, Butch James and Matt Banahan gave them a 45-0 half-time lead at The Rec.

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Obama also won largely positive reviews for her inaugural wardrobe: Reed Krakoff and Thom Browne by day, and Michael Kors and Jason Wu by night.

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Kieran Campbell starts at scrum-half while Michael Swift is recalled to the second row, with Andrew Browne reverting to the back row.

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