FREE THE HARD MEN OF WELSH RUGBY PDF Lynn Davies | 144 pages | 31 Dec 2011 | Y Lolfa Cyf | 9781847713520 | English | Talybont, United Kingdom History of rugby union in Wales - Wikipedia Steve Morris 1 September — 29 May was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Cross Keys. A hard man, Morris was extremely physical in the way he played the game, sometimes over physical and he was unafraid to The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby to violence if it was warranted. It is reported that he once knocked out a Welsh heavyweight boxing champion in a sparring session. A The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby miner by profession, Morris would work down the pit at Risca Colliery on a Saturday morning and then turn out to play for Cross Keys in the afternoon. Morris spent his entire playing career at Cross Keys and later became the club's chairman. On his death his ashes were scattered at Pandy Park, the team's home ground. Morris began playing rugby before the outbreak of World War I and continued playing when he could as a recruit in the British Army. Morris made his international debut against England inthe first Cross Keys player to represent his country. In the game against France inMorris played alongside his Cross Keys team mate, Fred Reevesmade all the more special as the two of them were also co-workers at the Risca Colliery. Morris's aggression was used to good effect in other games; when in against an overly violent French team he and Swansea's Tom Parker were called upon to fight back to subdue their opponents. In his penultimate game against France at St. Helens in SwanseaMorris was given the captaincy of Wales, but the team suffered a fairly heavy defeat even after a late Welsh surge masterminded by their new captain. Wales [6]. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Australian rugby league player, see Steve Morris rugby league. Steve Morris on the left with Tom Parker. Authority control SNAC : w6zf. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. Add links. Newport [1] Wales. NewportWales. Position s Flanker. Cross Keys RFC. SNAC : w6zf. The hardest and nastiest rugby teams in Wales | Rugby team, Rugby, Rugby news Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This fierce little book is for rugby fans who like their meat red — and preferably raw. A collection of brief, affectionate pen portraits of Welsh internationals famous, or infamous, for their physicality, it also offers a glimpse of a period in the game now almost unrecognisable. Only The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby of the twenty players selected here played into the twenty- first century and experie This fierce little book is for rugby fans who like their meat red — and preferably raw. Only two of the twenty players selected here played into the twenty-first century and experienced professionalism as we understand it. When we read of Charlie Faulkner giving up his double shift at the steelworks to attend training, or Bobby Windsor changing buses three times in the rain on his way to a Cardiff international, and we realise that to many of these players the The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby of a Rugby League contract meant their only chance of financial security, it brings the hardness and — yes — the violence of their lives into sharper focus. Get A Copy. Kindle Editionpages. Published August 18th by Y Lolfa first published December 31st More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. 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Welsh and World Rugby's trailblazing women - BBC Sport The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby Woods, rugby league player: born Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire 28 October ; married Angela Moore one daughter ; died Abergavenny, Monmouthshire 1 November Paul Woods was one of the roughest, toughest, most notorious rugby players of his generation. Even at a time when there was no shortage of what were known euphemistically as "hard men" in rugby league, he would be many team-mates' and opponents' choice as the hardest. Woods' rugby union career in South Wales took him from his village club at Oakdale, to Tredegar and Pontypool, building his reputation as a back who could not only look after himself The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby look after most of the opposition pack as well. Widnes always had an eye out for talent from the Valleys and in they signed him to come north and play rugby league, using him mainly at full-back and on the wing, although the emergence of Mick Burke meant that Woods was only a substitute in the Lancashire Cup final of By then, he had made his dbut for Wales, winning the first of his 10 caps as the most combative of scrum-halves in a memorable victory over England, at Headingley in The battling performance Mills most vividly remembers was The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby Swansea the following year, when Woods was up against the famously pugnacious Australian scrum-half, Tommy Raudonikis. Although Wales lost the match The Hard Men of Welsh Rugby, Woods was generally reckoned to have won the battle within the battle. Kel Coslett, the Welsh team coach, valued those qualities and took Woods to his club side, Rochdale Hornets, but this stay was brief. Hull, just starting to put together the team that would make them the code's pacesetters in the early 80s, signed him and it was there that he played his best club rugby. He was a success as a full-back and as a sometime goal-kicker, although controversy was never far away. In theall-Humberside Challenge Cup final at Wembley, for instance, he became the first man to concede a potential "seven-point try" in the showpiece. Woods kicked the Hull Kingston Rovers winger, Steve Hubbard, after he scored, giving him an extra shot at goal from directly in front of the posts. Mills also recalls him breaking the jaw of Bob Mordell, an English rugby union convert, during a match against Oldham. Others remember the hunger with which he used to pursue Swinton's Danny Wilson, a team-mate for Wales, but an opponent who invariably raised his ire, or the time he ran 80 yards to join in a fight at the far end of the field. His remaining destinations included the newly-formed club at Cardiff, where his hard- edged rugby league know-how complemented high-profile Welsh rugby union signings like Steve Fenwick, Paul Ringer and Tom David. His playing career ended at Runcorn, after which he moved back to South Wales and coached his old club in Tredegar.