Barry Clegg (rugby union)

Barry George Clegg (born 30 October 1951) is a Welsh former rugby union international.[1]

Barry Clegg
Full nameBarry George Clegg
Date of birth (1951-10-30) 30 October 1951 (age 72)
Place of birthCymmer, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979 Wales 1 (0)

Born in Cymmer, Clegg was a lock who played mostly for Swansea and Neath during his career.[2][3]

Clegg had been around the Wales team for several years before earning his solitary cap. On a 1975 tour of Asia, he and future Wales coach Gareth Jenkins made their Wales debuts in a match against Japan, but this was not a full international.[4] He was also on the 1978 tour of Australia. It was an injury to Clegg's then Swansea teammate Geoff Wheel that allowed him to gain a Wales cap in the 1979 Five Nations match against France at the Parc des Princes.[5][6]

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  1. ^ "Clegg pulls out of trial". South Wales Evening Post. 4 January 1989.
  2. ^ "Clegg bows out". South Wales Evening Post. 7 January 1989.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Ron (31 December 1987). "Clegg can't believe it!". South Wales Evening Post.
  4. ^ "Clegg and Jenkins debut for Wales". The Daily Telegraph. 24 September 1975.
  5. ^ "Clegg Gains First Cap as Wheel is Injured". The Daily Telegraph. 17 February 1979.
  6. ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.

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