Famous Rugby Players: Gareth Edwards
Gareth Edwards was born in Pontardawe, Wales in the United Kingdom in 1947. He’s considered to be one of the best rugby players of all time. “The Prince” played played in 53 rugby tests for Wales (scoring 88 points) and 10 for the British Lions. He also played in 195 games for Cardiff RFC in Wales between 1966 and 1978 (scoring 67 tries). Gareth Edwards was part of the British Lions squad who toured SA in 1974 (a series which the British Lions won). In 1997 he was inducted into the Rugby Hall of Fame (he was one of the first 15 players to be inducted). In 2001 he was voted as the “Greatest Welsh player of all time” at a dinner for the Welsh Rugby Former International Players Association. In 2007 Gareth Edwards was named as a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for his services to sport. Nowadays Edwards commentates on rugby games for the BBC (in English) and S4C (in his Welsh mother tongue). If you visit St. David’s Centre in Cardiff you will find a statue of Gareth Edwards. He truly is one of the best rugby players of all time and worthy of being named as one of the famous rugby players on this blog.
Gareth Edwards scored a try for the Barbarians in a match against New Zealand. Rugby fans refer to the try as “That Try” and its considered to be the best try ever scored in the sport by many fans.
This is a video clip of “That Try” from Youtube:
