Posted on 08/01/2024 22:00
Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died at the age of 74. What a player!!
"JPR died peacefully today at the University Hospital of Wales surrounded by his loving wife and four children, after a short illness, bravely battling bacterial meningitis"
One of the greatest who will be sadly missed.
RIP JPR
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Posted on 09/01/2024 15:13
I played a couple of (schoolboy) games at full back and I remember the sports master saying "your job is just to get hold of the ball and whack it in to touch"!
That was the job of a full back in those days, but JPR broke all the rules and turned that position into an extra attacker.
A marvellous player and, as so many of our sporting heroes now passed, a true gentleman of the game.
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Posted on 10/01/2024 18:53 byRef mickysf, above...
Today, JPR would not be allowed to play on after being stamped on by an All Black (in a game v Bridgend), and having 30 stiches in his face put in pitch side by his Doctor father. How times have changed.
A player who always excited: mad as a hatter, reckless at times, colourful, full of flair. Another one of that era who has left us. And if you want a little reminder:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/1970s-wales-rugby-heroes-weve-28413166
I was at school with one of them.
(I apologise for the awfulness of WOL!)
Oh, and JPR had a hand in That Try!
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