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England's success in reaching the final has led to an MBE for Ashton, the 61-year-old son of a Lancashire coal miner.

Ashton, the former head coach of Bath, said: "I am honoured and privileged to receive an MBE. This award is not just for me, but for all who have been involved and helped me throughout my rugby career. I'm delighted for Jason too."

He added: "He has contributed so much to both union and league. He thoroughly deserves the honour."

Veteran broadcaster Des Lynam, former runner Brendan Foster, PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor and Wimbledon tennis' long-serving groundsman Eddie Seaward are others rewarded with honours.

Lynam, 65, who receives an OBE for nearly four decades of broadcasting on sport for the BBC and ITV, said: "This has been a splendid surprise and I feel truly privileged."

Taylor, the long-serving chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, also receives an OBE.

There is also an OBE for another renowned broadcaster Bob Wilson, for services to the Willow Foundation charity set up after the death of his daughter Anna from cancer.

Foster, the former distance runner, broadcaster and founder of the Great North Run, gets a CBE. Foster, Olympic bronze medallist in the 10,000m in 1976, already had an MBE.