Alun Pask Explained

Alun Pask
Birth Name:Alun Edward Islwyn Pask
Birth Date:10 September 1937
Birth Place:Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales[1]
Death Place:Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales
Ru Position:No. 8
Ru Nationalteam:
British & Irish Lions
Ru Nationalcaps:26
8
Ru Nationalpoints:6
0
Ru Nationalyears:1961-1967
1962-1966
School:Pontllanfraith Grammar
University:Loughborough University

Alun Edward Islwyn Pask (10 September 1937 – 1 November 1995)[2] was a international rugby union player and captain.He was a long serving (29 years) and highly respected teacher at Tredegar Comprehensive School.[3]

Pask was capped twenty-six times by Wales between 1961 and 1967, twenty-three times as a flanker and three times as at number eight. He scored two tries for Wales, the first on his international debut and toured South Africa with Wales in 1964. He captained Wales in six internationals and led the side to victory in the 1966 Five Nations Championship.[4] He was selected for the 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three of the four internationals against, and the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand where he played in both tests against and three of the four against New Zealand.

He played club rugby for Abertillery.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/6587.html Alun Pask Profile on scrum.com
  2. Book: Griffiths, John . The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records . 1987 . J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd . London . 0-460-07003-7 . 12:32.
  3. https://biography.wales/article/s14-PASK-ISL-1937
  4. Griffiths, page 4:34-4:37