Monday May 18th. 2020 TOP TEN TEASERS

1. Who captained Ireland on their successful tour of in 1979? 2. Who refereed the 1991 Final? DEREK BEVAN 3.Name the future SRU president who gained his international cap against Wales at in 1970. ROBERT YOUNG 4. Who was ’s first international captain? BRIAN NEILL a. Who is this? TONY WARD 5. Who scored six tries against Japan in the 1995 b. What was his normal position? Rugby World Cup?MARC ELLIS STAND OFF 6.Dungannon provided which player for the 1974 c. He played in a UEFA Cup British & Irish Lions? STEWART McKINNEY match. True or false? TRUE 7. Who plays at Pandy Park? CROSS KEYS 8. Which Welsh hooker started his career at full back and fly half? BOBBY WINDSOR AND ANOTHER ONE 9. Who captained Scotland on their tour of South Africa in 1960? GORDON WADDELL 10. Scotland internationalist Jim “Basher” Inglis played for which Border club? SELKIRK

MIXED- UP NAMES

Can you identify these club sides from these letters?

1. HORMINCD RICHMOND 2. SECKSYRSO CROSS KEYS 3. MGNHLOAL LANGHOLM 4. TAENPRH PENARTH a. Who is he? DELME THOMAS 5. DLCTOSWFEASOTN WEST OF b. What position did he normally SCOTLAND play? SECOND ROW c. He had a service bus named after MYSTERY PLAYER him. True or False? TRUE

CRYPTIC CLUES Can you recognise these International players from the clues given? (e.g. Was this Scotland and Lions full back at a famous 1066 Battle? HASTINGS) Note- spellings may vary. 1. Was this England prop fabric-ated? COTTON 2. Did this English winger have a Half Hour Remember some of these guys? of fame? HANCOCK 3. Was this England forward making THE NAME’S THE SAME documentaries or taking part in Strictly Can you spot the surname that links these Rugby Come Dancing? DOOLEY Internationals with other famous people, real or 4. This Scottish forward sounds as though he imaginary? might work in a library or bookshop. a.Bruce-Will HAY TOMES b.Phil-Alan BENNETT 5. Scottish back row forward sounds as c. Mervyn-Bette DAVIES though the temperature is falling. CALDER d .Gordon-Father J. BROWN e.Mike-Mel GIBSON WHAT WAS THE YEAR WHEN…?

A. The Five Nations ended in a five-way tie for first place. 1973 RECOGNISE THE PLAYER?

THE WRONG TABLE

Which teams have won the following numbers of Wooden Spoons in the Six Nations Era? Fourteen- ITALY Four- SCOTLAND One- WALES One-FRANCE

a. Who is he? DON CLARKE LIONS ALL b. What position did he play? FULL BACK c. How many penalties did he score in one single game against The Lions-4,5,6,or7? SIX

FLASHBACK

These guys played in 17 Lions Tests. Who played in most? IAN McGEECHAN 8

IN TIME ORDER Place these Lions Tour Captains in the correct chronological order- DAWES, CALDER, JOHNSON,KIERNAN,BEAUMONT, HASTINGS,McBRIDE,FITZGERALD. KIERNAN,DAWES,McBRIDE,BEAU MONT, FITZGERALD, CALDER, HASTINGS, JOHNSON.

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT Who won the Six Nations Player of the Tournament in the following years- 2014-England MIKE BROWN 2015- Ireland PAUL O’CONNELL 2016-Scotland STUART HOGG 2017-Scotland STUART HOGG 2018-Ireland JACOB STOCKDALE 2019-Wales