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Just to prove I've been to Rugby!
15 May 2015
Recently I had a couple of days spent in the county of Warwickshire in England and while cruising around there was one place on the map a bloke like me could not avoid. But surprisingly in the town of Rugby I found so much more than the obvious which caught the eye.
Yes the famous Rugby school is still going strong and there numerous reverences to William Webb Ellis in pubs and cafes and bars but I liked all the other 'ordinary' stuff too. Like the names of shops and signs and the town's daily services. This pic is just one I saw for a souvenir snapshot...and a good one it is I feel!
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Click to show A significant mark for 'Our Richie.'
On this day he captained the AB test team for the 52nd time, thus passing Sean Fitzpatrick's old record of 51. NZ beat Australia by 23-22 in Sydney
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Founded in 1884, Abertillery is another of the traditionally strong scrummaging Welsh club teams which always provide rugged opposition. The club has rarely dominated the Welsh scene, but in combination with neighbouring Ebbw Vale has provided many a touring team with strenuous mid-week opposition.
Abertillery has a pretty home ground, The Park, situated at the foot of the mountains and it is there that Haydn Morgan discovered his love of rugby and a talent that was to make him the club’s most celebrated Welsh cap. Morgan, a flanker, played 27 times for his country and toured twice with British Isles touring teams – to New Zealand and Australia in 1959 and to South Africa in 1962.
Other prominent Welsh internationals from Abertillery have been Alun Pask (26 internationals for Wales between 1961–67 and two tours with the British Isles – to South Africa in 1962 and to New Zealand in 1966); John Webb (20 internationals for Wales 1907–12 and with the British Isles in South Africa in 1910); and Allan Lewis (six caps for Wales 1966–67, and a New Zealand tour with the British Isles in 1966).
Abertillery plays in green and white hooped jerseys. It celebrated its centenary in 1984 with a match against a touring Japanese team. After a close encounter, Japan won 17–13.
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