I played for the XV in 1970 and 1971. As far as I can recall 1971 was the first year that Bryan was in charge of the team. We knew that the team was going to be a good one because the core of the team had been very successful in age group rugby as we worked our way up the school.
I thought that Bryan was an outstanding coach. He realised that Simon Maisey, our outstanding back who had previously played on the wing could inflict much greater damage from full back and so moved him there, bringing in two wingers , David Garforth—Bles and Hugh Leonard, who were not out and out fliers but were very discplined and could cover for Simon when he went on his marauding runs. 
Bryan worked us extremely hard and two memories stand out for me. 
A number of us were in our last term and doing Oxbridge entry exams. We had a little deputation that went to Bryan in the latter half of the term to ask if he would cut the training back a bit so that we could revise for our exams. I don’t think that Bryan was desperately amused by this but he did accede to our request. 
In our match against Cheltenham I dislocated my elbow. As I was helped to the side of the pitch by the school doctor Bryan came over and said to me,” Don’t worry, Baddeley, we’ll have you back on in the second half”. I think that I thought rather than said,” Oh no you bloody won’t”.

The team was incredibly enjoyable to play in and we all meet up even as we enter our eighth decade such was the bond that was created between us. Bryan played a huge part in that.
In February 1972 , just after I had left the school, I was selected to play for the William Webb-Ellis XV in a memorial game in the South of France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of WW-E’s death. The French were so filthy in that game that I decided that if this was what adult rugby was to be like I would rather concentrate on hockey and leave my memories of rugby as played by that 1971 XV untainted. 
Thank you Bryan.