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 Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on October 31, 2012 at 10:57am

    Phil Bennett's memories of that day (9-3)

    www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Phil-Bennett-day-Llanelli-beat-Blacks-gr...

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on July 19, 2012 at 1:15pm

    Not familiar to me either, Jack, but clearly he was a great player and a great sportsman. Extraordinary that he went 3 rounds with Rocky Marciano too!

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on March 17, 2012 at 11:03am

    SPOILERS!!! Dare I say anything? Let's just say that Merv will be smiling.

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on March 17, 2012 at 8:25am

    There's an article by Delme Parfitt in yesterday's South Wales Echo (New Roof Won't Put a Dampener on Wales Grand Slam Mission). No one knows if the GPS thing is just a theory or if Les Bleus are just being naughty and trying to wind us up (perish the thought!). They've just shown some film of Merv on BBC.

Comment by Brian Stephen John on March 17, 2012 at 4:11am

    I wonder if the French players have machine-readable GPS microchips implanted in their skulls?  The mind boggles...

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on March 17, 2012 at 3:53am

    Sheer joy to see those films. I hope Merv has a lovely rugby pitch where he is, bless him.

    I expect you've read about the French refusing to have the roof closed whatever the weather because of their players GPS! What would the 70s players have said about that?!

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on February 27, 2012 at 8:41am

    I assume you've got the 14 minute one. I think Gareth's drop goal is a thing of beauty. Too few drop goals in the modern game. Got all nostalgic and watched John Taylor taking "that" conversion against Scotland. Also been watching Jean-Pierre Rives (I had a crush on him back in the day) and remember little Jacques Fouroux?

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on February 27, 2012 at 7:58am

    Oo, er, Swansea, excuse us for living! Buffoonery? How can you call Ryan and Ronnie buffoons? I thought Gareth did rather well on the soft shoe shuffle and it was in good fun. I was going to tell you about the bit of film I found of Wales v France 1978 but I don't think I'll bother now....so yah boo sucks.

Comment by Gaynor Madoc Leonard on February 27, 2012 at 2:44am

    Gareth appeared on Ryan a Ronnie, singing and dancing. It's good fun. I tried putting a link in but it came out wrong. If you just go to YouTube and search for Ryan a Ronnie - Gareth Edwards, you'll get it.

Comment by Brian Stephen John on February 27, 2012 at 1:23am

    Ah yes -- the muddy try -- one of the greats!  and how about the match on Saturday?  Blood and guts from beginning to end -- one of the hardest matches I've ever seen.  England making a full contribution.......  but in the end a great win -- it was always going to be won by a mistake by one side punished by a bit of individual magic on the other.  And Scott Williams delivered on the day....