FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1. When left wing Andy Hancock of Northampton scored his never-to-be-forgotten try for England against Scotland at Twickenham in 1965, who was the Oxford University player on England's right wing?
2. Name the seven Welshmen who have played Rugby Union for RC Toulon?
3. Name the Irishman who represented his country across three decades.
4. Who scored the points when Munster defeated the All Blacks 12-0 at Thomond Park, Limerick in 1978?
5. For the first time in the club's history five Pontypool forwards represented Wales against Ireland at Cardiff in March 1983. Name them.
6. Who captained Scotland during their three Grand Slam seasons in 1925, 1984 and 1990?
7. Who was the first player to score 15 international tries from the full-back position?
8. Didier Camberabero scored 30 points for France against Zimbabwe at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. Whose French pointscoring record did he beat?
9. Matches were postponed or cancelled during the following seasons: why? i. 1961/62 Five Nations Championship ii. 1971/72 Five Nations Championship iii. 2019/20 Six Nations Championship
10. Whose magnificent last minute covering tackle on New Zealand full-back Ben Blair secured a 31-28 victory for England against New Zealand at Twickenham in November 2002?
11. He gained a first class honours degree in Mathematics before completing a Ph.D at Cambridge University. He also captained the British and Irish Lions. Name him.
12. Who has scored the most Heineken Cup/European Champions Cup tries?
13. Which ground will host the European Champions Cup Final in 2021?
14. Which two clubs played against each other in a Heineken Cup match in Switzerland in 2007?
15. Flown out as a replacement, which British and Irish Lions forward scored a try in the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Wellington in 2005; a match the All Blacks won 48-18?
Quiz answers:
1. Edward (Ed) Rudd (Oxford University and Liverpool).
2. Leigh Halfpenny, Gavin Henson, Gethin Jenkins, Martin Pearson (Wales Rugby League 1998-2001), Jamie Robinson, Eifion Lewis Roberts, Rhys Webb.
3. Old Belvedere, Ireland and British and Irish Lions wing, Tony O'Reilly.
4. Christy Cantillon (try); Tony Ward (conversion and two drop goals). Munster were the only team to defeat Graham Mourie's All Blacks on their 18 match tour to Britain and Ireland in 1978.
5. Staff Jones, Graham Price, John Perkins, Eddie Butler and Jeff Squire. Wales won 23-9.
6. GPS (Phil) Macpherson (Dan Drysdale, in Macpherson's absence, led the team against Ireland) (1925); Jim Aitken (1984) and David Sole (1990).
7. Serge Blanco (France).
8. He broke his father's record; Guy Camberabero had scored 27 points against Italy at Toulon in 1967.
9. (i) Wales v Ireland (smallpox scare in the Rhondda). (ii) Ireland v Wales and Ireland v Scotland at Lansdowne Road (Wales and Scotland declined to travel fearing IRA bombings; England did make the journey and were defeated 16-12). (iii) Ireland v Italy; England v Italy; France v Ireland and Wales v Scotland (coronavirus outbreak).
10. Ben Cohen.
11. Dr Arthur Smith who captained the Lions in South Africa in 1962.
12. Chris Ashton with a total of 40 – (Northampton 8, Saracens 29, RC Toulon 2, Sale Sharks 1).
13. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
14. Bourgoin and Munster at the Stade de Geneve, Geneva.
15. Simon Easterby (Ireland).
