A BARBARIANS jersey would appear to be worth five times more than a World Cup winner’s medal, provided the jersey was the one Sir Gareth Edwards wore against the All Blacks at Cardiff in January 1973.
When that particular piece of clothing went up for auction three years ago, it was sold for £280,000, eclipsing the record set at £240,000 for the jersey worn by All Blacks captain Dave Gallaher during their Invincible tour of 1905. In London last week, Lawrence Dallaglio’s World Cup winner’s medal went for an above-estimate £54,000.

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