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Sir Gareth Edwards

In 2001 Gareth Edwards was voted the ‘Greatest Welsh Rugby Player’ of all-time’ and in 2003, in a poll of international rugby players conducted by Rugby World magazine, he was declared the greatest player of all-time. He scored one of the greatest tries of all-time for the Barbarians when they beat the All Blacks in

Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke is one of those natural born winners who became the dominant rider in British women’s cycling for more than a decade and one of the greatest in the world at the peak of her powers. She gave an early sign of her all-round ability by become a multi junior world champion. She won

Maurice Turnbull

Maurice Turnbull represented Wales at three different sports and also played Test cricket for England. On top of that, he also became the champions of South Wales in a fourth sport. He is arguably the greatest all-round sportsman ever produced by Wales. He was killed by a German sniper advancing with the Welsh Guards through

Jack Matthews

Dr Jack Matthews was renowned as one of the hardest tacklers in the world game, described by one rival as “a cross between a bulldozer and a brick wall”. He won 17 caps for Wales as a centre and wing between 1947-51, playing in all four Grand Slam matches in 1950, and played in all

Clive Sullivan

Clive Sullivan was captain of the Great Britain team that won the 1972 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a try in each of his side’s four games in the tournament, including a length of the field effort against Australia that earned a 10-10 draw to clinch the trophy. Born in Splott, Cardiff, he joined the

Lewis Jones

The ‘Golden Boy’ of Welsh rugby, Lewis Jones made a spectacular international debut at Twickenham in 1950 at the age of 18. It was the start of a first Grand Slam campaign for Wales in 39 years. Another followed in 1952 before Jones headed North to Leeds for a record fee of £6,000. Among his