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aber-fan
Veteran Joined: 25 October 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 18857 |
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Posted: 08 December 2017 at 7:48pm |
Yes, a brilliant player - I remember seeing him on TV, almost certainly with Eddie Waring commentating in his inimitable style and accent. (I had completely forgotten that Sullivan died so young - a real shame.)
Other great Welsh RL players of the era (more or less) were Llanelli's own Lewis Jones, and Billy Boston - another superb coloured player from Cardiff.
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RR1972
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And he got a cap for us in union during his stint with Cardiff, His old man was class according to lge fans, wales had some great leg players him boston lewis jones etc
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LLANDRE
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His son Anthony was a very good winger who played for the Welsh rugby league team
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reesytheexile
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Yes he was a great in league and achieved so much as a black guy with all that prejudice. I hadn’t realised he had died though and so young in his early 40,s
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The Brain
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Embararassed to say I'd not heard of him either.
Powerful story fair play, sounds like he was made of tough stuff. |
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dr_martinov
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I hadn't heard of him before but interesting article on the BBC:
When in the Army he was apparently picked for a rugby game just "for being Welsh" and it all started from there!
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