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";s:4:"text";s:9651:"Opponents used to be beaten before they went out on the field, with one look from Perky in the tunnel telling them all they needed to know about what was in store for them. One of the most destructive tacklers to pull on … He recalls how Robbo once felled him with a blow to the solar plexus, then, after the match, said: “I'm awfully sorry about that, Bob, I couldn't help it.” A terror on the field, but a gent off it. But he returned as fit as ever. Provided tunsteng-like strength in the centre for Ponty during their glory days of the 1990s. As if working down the mine wasn’t demanding enough, he also spent a decade in the Welsh boiler-house, winning 32 caps at lock, where he was a granite like presence. He and Willie Duggan of Ireland became the first players to be sent off in a Five Nations match after exchanging blows in 1977. A judo black belt and a steelworker by trade, factors which combined to make our Charlie a formidable scrummager. 38. One of the most destructive tacklers to pull on a Welsh jersey, he was also a wrecking ball in attack. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. The son of a past international Glyn Stephens, he went on the 1950 Lions tour of Australasia. Went on to prop for Halifax and Widnes in league before returning to union as player and then straight-talking coach. But he left his mark on plenty of opponents out on the park with his crash-ball carrying and his bone-shaking tackling in the centre. Coached in Cornwall after hanging up boots. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. After winning his solitary Welsh cap against France in 1956, this colourful Cross Keys forward went on to become a death-defying stunt man in Hollywood and appeared in The Wild Women of Wongo, voted one of the worst films ever made! “That bloke Price was a real hard hut. Ten former Welsh internationals from the Wales national rugby union team have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, while eight have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. JPR Williams (London Welsh & Bridgend). Nicknamed “Om the Bomb”, he was the stuff of nightmares. The centre was dubbed the “Iron Man” by the Kiwis after the 1950 Lions tour of New Zealand. Wales built their pack around him on his return to union and the way he put his body through the mincer for his country spoke volumes. Who else? An accident on his farm, when a nine-inch angle grinder almost severed his left wrist, should have ended his propping career. Legend has it he once walked to training from Ynysybwl, making his way over four valley tops. The commander of the Viet Gwent, he was a larger-than-life figure who used to dispense summary justice with a grin and a quip, but could walk the walk as well as talk the talk. Gethin Jenkins (Pontypridd & Cardiff Blues). Captained Pooler for ten consecutive seasons from 1970 to 1979. 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Forged in steelworks, hewn from the coal-face, many of Welsh rugby’s hard men have always shown their mettle on and off the field. A regular in the Wales team during the 1960s he captained his country as well as his beloved Scarlets. Born and raised in New Zealand, but one of Wales’ favourite adopted sons and a legend at Sardis Road. Not many backs would run 50 yards to join in a forwards dust-up, as JPR did with the Lions in South Africa in 1974 , but he was no ordinary back. Responsible for some real fireworks on Guy Fawkes night in 1966 when he left his mark on great Wallaby scrum-half Ken Catchpole in Cardiff’s famous victory over Australia. Captained Ponty to Welsh Cup glory in 1996 and will always be a hero at Sardis Road. In 2002, he was voted into the all-time greatest Welsh XV at blind-side flanker. A born-again Christian, he’s done fantastic work for charity and as a junior coach up in the Rhondda. Replacing the greatest rugby player of all time was no easy task, but the powerful No 9 did so with aplomb for club and country as he took over from the retired Gareth Edwards. Wore his heart on his sleeve and won all our hearts. Earned huge respect from the All Blacks during the 1977 Lions tour, when he effectively acted as forwards coach while packing down on the flank. 2. The only player in Welsh rugby history to be banned for life, not once, but twice! Resembled a pirate with his long, flowing locks and was made to walk the plank on more than one occasion by referees who took exception to his skullduggery, or should that be skull & crossbones-duggery. Every team had one, a warrior who played the game without fear, who looked his opponents in the eye and refused to take a backward step no matter what was unfolding in front of him. A teak-hard prop who was renowned for his brutally powerful scrummaging, he formed an all-Welsh Lions Test front row, along with Billy Williams and Bryn Meredith, on the 1955 tour of South Africa - something that didn’t happen again until 2009. A central figure as hooker in the invincible Lions pack on the tour of South Africa in 1974, when the Springboks forwards had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the scrums such was the tattering they were taking in the tight fron Bobby & Co. One of the great characters in the game, with an endless supply of stories, as his autobiography “The Iron Duke” confirms. Another product of heavy industry, this rugged hooker worked as a fitter for British Steel and then as landlord of the White Horse Inn in Llanelli before retirement. 46. 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