Rugby Australian Rugby paid tribute to Solomon on Wednesday. A talented first five-eighth, centre and outside back, Solomon was inducted into the Australian rugby's Hall of Fame in 2016. READ MORE:* Rugby Australia asks for bailout* Australian club rugby postponed* Wallabies woe: A dismal decade* Wallabies great back brave planHe played 14 tests between 1949 and 1955 in an era when foreign tours often involved dozens of non-capped games, before studying medicine in Sydney. In a tribute, Rugby Australia said: "Such was the respect given to the visiting Wallabies and to Solomon, the man himself was chaired from the field on the shoulders of Springboks Chris Koch and Ernst Dinkelmann to the applause of the Cape Town crowd. The image captured is one of the most iconic in Australian Rugby history."

Source: Stuff March 18, 2020 07:18 UTC