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LLANDRE
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In my lifetime i think Dai Fox was an unsung hero. He was very unlucky not be capped.
Iwan Jones was another who in his first spell with us was a very good player.
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aber-fan
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I'm pretty sure Mathias started out as a wing forward, but was converted to wing and went on to play for Wales (is that right)? Tough boy! |
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I remember Butler and Prenderville, but have a blank about Fouracre - what position/years did he play? |
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A fair point - but would you care to 'name names' regarding the guilty party who made this decision? |
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cauliflowerear11
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Andy Hill I seem to remember had the world record for the amount of tries scored for a club.
I also remember Andy kicking a penalty from just outside our 5 mtre line. It went through with loads to spare. Boy could this man kick. Scored some amazing tries. Much better the ickle Shane.
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aber-fan correct Roy Mathias started off as wing forward, but his speed and direct running was far greater appreciated on the wing, scored some fantastic tries and was a great rugby league player.
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I didn't realise it was a world record , wow I caught this article a few years ago on the great man
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reesytheexile
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Andy was fast and a big distance kicker. Great servant. Roy Mathias was really exciting to watch due to his speed and power - so depressing when he went north. Two great players for Llanelli.
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As a club, we lost some tremendous players to league before the game went professional. Edited by s.pimpernel - 26 February 2016 at 8:10am |
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Stuart Gallagher and Brian Butler were two I can remember.
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Clive Griffiths was a class act as full back, unfortunately for him there was certain JPR in his way for international honours, hence I think he only had the odd Wales cap. Seemed to recall he came on as replacement for JPR against England and scored a great try. Very successful League career with St Helens and Salford.
Very much involved with Doncaster Knights Union side as a coach for many a year. Penclawdd boy. |
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aber-fan
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I saw him win his only cap - I thought he'd scored a try, too, but Wikipedia says not - I do remember him setting off on a storming run and cutting through the English defence - most probably, then, this led to a try by someone else (maybe Elgan Rees? He had a habit of scoring v England!). Of course, he then went to play RL, where I bumped into him at the school where he was games master (Rossall? I forget...). He was very fast indeed - much quicker than JPR, who was however untouchable as first choice for his other qualities. Oddly, I also saw Stuart Gallacher win his only cap, when he also made a storming run in to the France 25. That may also have led to a score - again, I forget... sorry!
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ap sior
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Correct about Gallagher, it was also his only cap. I also think that game may have seen Roy Mathias win his only cap for Wales. We went into the game without a kicker and I believe that JPR kicked a pen/con toe style. Yes Elgan Rees beat Clive to the touchdown. Think Elgan was just a little bit quicker.
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Well remembered about Roy Mathias - I checked on Wikipedia, and you're right!
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Gellert
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My two unsung heroes are Roy Bergiers and Mark Perego.
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Too old to die young...
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