Barry Clegg (rugby union) explained

Barry Clegg
Full Name:Barry George Clegg
Birth Date:30 October 1951
Birth Place:Cymmer, Wales
Position:Lock
Repyears1:1979
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Barry George Clegg (born 30 October 1951) is a Welsh former rugby union international.[1]

Born in Cymmer, Clegg was a lock who played mostly for Swansea and Neath during his career.[2] [3]

Clegg had been around the Wales team for several years before earning his solitary cap. On a 1975 tour of Asia, he and future Wales coach Gareth Jenkins made their Wales debuts in a match against Japan, but this was not a full international.[4] He was also on the 1978 tour of Australia. It was an injury to Clegg's then Swansea teammate Geoff Wheel that allowed him to gain a Wales cap in the 1979 Five Nations match against France at the Parc des Princes.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Clegg pulls out of trial . . 4 January 1989.
  2. News: Clegg bows out . . 7 January 1989.
  3. News: Griffiths . Ron . Clegg can't believe it! . . 31 December 1987.
  4. News: Clegg and Jenkins debut for Wales . . 24 September 1975.
  5. News: Clegg Gains First Cap as Wheel is Injured . . 17 February 1979.
  6. News: Woolford . Anthony . The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again . . 18 May 2020 . en.