John Dawes RIP

[stantys tattoos]

Wales and Lions legend Dawes dies

Legendary former Wales and British and Irish Lions captain and coach John Dawes dies at the age of 80.

www.bbc.co.uk

RIP

 

[Travis Bickle]

R I P John, a great centre

 

[Boo]

A legend amongst the older knowlegable rugby crowd. Im just a tad too young remember him playing. RIP

 

[the other bob wilson]

Played a part in the great Gareth Edwards try for the Barbarians against the All Blacks, apparently was very much appreciated by some of the bigger names in the great Welsh team of the early seventies.

 

[Arfur Ap Llewellyn Europe]

He's mentioned a lot in talk of the era but before my time.

RIP fella

 

[stantys tattoos]

i loved the 70's rugby which was pumped into me (steady now pervs) in junior school watching a video called the crowning years. great rugby to watch not like now

 

[Travis Bickle]

i loved the 70's rugby which was pumped into me (steady now pervs) in junior school watching a video called the crowning years. great rugby to watch not like now

And you didn’t have to be a 17 stone roider to play

 

[Travis Bickle]

And they scored tries like this John was involved

 

[Delboyo]

And they scored tries like this John was involved

Do you know why they wore different coloured socks trav?

 

[JAMIECCFC]

And they scored tries like this John was involved

Really have been spoilt of players, Phil Bennet isn’t even the best fly half we’ve had

 

[JAMIECCFC]

Do you know why they wore different coloured socks trav?

Represent which nation they are from?

 

[Travis Bickle]

Represent which nation they are from?

No they wore their club’s socks

 

[Travis Bickle]

Do you know why they wore different coloured socks trav?

Their clubs socks

 

[JAMIECCFC]

No they wore their club’s socks

Good pubquiz question that, interesting why it was club, shame the baba’s fizzled out as there was some great teams over the years

 

[Travis Bickle]

Good pubquiz question that, interesting why it was club, shame the baba’s fizzled out as there was some great teams over the years

It is a tradition that players appearing for the Barbarians always wear their club socks - hence the differences among the players in the Lions tour opener. The other long-held tradition in the Barbarians is that at least one of their starting XV should be an uncapped player.

 

[Travis Bickle]

It is a tradition that players appearing for the Barbarians always wear their club socks - hence the differences among the players in the Lions tour opener. The other long-held tradition in the Barbarians is that at least one of their starting XV should be an uncapped player.

Im not sure but I think that Tommy David was uncapped and played in THE match in the video

 

[Delboyo]

No they wore their club’s socks

Thanks Trav, i thought it was the country they represented until I saw the legend Gareth Edwards socks was different to phil bennett

 

[the other bob wilson]

Im not sure but I think that Tommy David was uncapped and played in THE match in the video

I think the uncapped player was Bob Wilkinson the english lock, but, if Tom David had played for Wales before that game, it can only have been once or twice - same for Derek Quinell.

 

[TDA]

And they scored tries like this John was involved

I was there, between the posts and corner flag where Edwards scored that try. Great memories. Doesn't get mentioned often but David Duckham was at his best that day.

I can't remember whether John Bevan might have been uncapped at that time.

 

[Travis Bickle]

I was there, between the posts and corner flag where Edwards scored that try. Great memories. Doesn't get mentioned often but David Duckham was at his best that day.

I can't remember whether John Bevan might have been uncapped at that time.

David Duckham was a honorary Welshman