Barry Clegg (rugby union)
| Full name | Barry George Clegg | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 October 1951 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cymmer, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Clegg pulls out of trial". South Wales Evening Post. 4 January 1989.
- ^ "Clegg bows out". South Wales Evening Post. 7 January 1989.
- ^ Griffiths, Ron (31 December 1987). "Clegg can't believe it!". South Wales Evening Post.
- ^ "Clegg and Jenkins debut for Wales". The Daily Telegraph. 24 September 1975.
- ^ "Clegg Gains First Cap as Wheel is Injured". The Daily Telegraph. 17 February 1979.
- ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
External links
[edit]- Barry Clegg at ESPNscrum