Gareth Edwards

Sir Gareth Owen Edwards (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union scrum-half who played for Cardiff RFC, Wales and the British Lions and has been widely acclaimed as the greatest rugby player of all time. A miner's son from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, he made his Wales debut against France in 1967 and became the youngest captain in the team's history at 20. He did not miss a Wales test match from his debut until his last game in March 1978, winning 53 caps, scoring twenty tries and captaining his country 13 times, and he won another ten caps for the British Lions. He formed a celebrated half-back partnership with Barry John and later Phil Bennett, and his Wales career took in a record eighth Grand Slam.