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Glen Webbe
Glenfield Michael Charles Webbe (born 21 January 1962) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Often incorrectly stated to be the first Black Welshman to represent the Welsh national rugby union team, he has since been described as "Wales first black icon". Early life Webbe was born in Cardiff, the only boy of eight children. His parents, Islyn (a nurse at St David's Hospital) and Mike (a steelworker) were part of the Windrush generation, travelling from St Kitts on the and settling in Ely, Cardiff. During a tour of South Africa with the Wales youth team during apartheid, Webbe and his team mates were refused service in a restaurant, being told that "we've got a policy, we don't serve black people in here". Recounting the incident for a BBC documentary in 2023, Webbe stated that once the Welsh team's coach realised what had happened he responded "if it's not good enough for Glenn then it's not good enough for us", before he "marched the whole party out of there a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the South East Wales, southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgend RFC
Bridgend Ravens () (formerly Bridgend RFC) are a semi-professional rugby union club based in Bridgend, South Wales. They currently play in Super Rygbi Cymru and are a feeder club to the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys regional team. Origin Bridgend RFC first formed a team in 1878, playing and losing to Newport RFC in the final of the South Wales Challenge Cup. However, the club was only established de facto after the first general meeting of the club was held at the York Hotel, Bridgend on 11 April 1880. The first AGM confirmed the first full season's results for 1879–80: the club played 11 matches with six wins, three defeats and two draws. A profit of £3.9s.3d. was recorded. The first captain of the club was F. Sadler. The first international cap won by a player from the club was Ben Gronow, winning the first of his four union caps in 1910. Home grounds Prior to the First World War, the club were mainly based at the Quarella ground, but were forced to move out when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racism In Association Football
Racism in association football is the abuse of players, officials, and fans because of their skin colour, nationality, or ethnicity. Some may also be targeted because of their association with an opposing team, although there have been instances of individuals being targeted by their own fans. The topic of racism in association football has been widely covered by the media and in academic studies. There have been a range of responses by various associations, such as FIFA and UEFA, as well as by teams, and individual players and managers to address the problem. The problem Racism in association football (''soccer'') is the abuse of players, officials, and fans because of their skin colour, nationality, or ethnicity. Some may also be targeted because of their association with an opposing team. However, there have been instances of individuals being targeted by their own fans. The topic of racism in association football has been widely covered by the media as well as academic studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Brown (rugby Union)
Mark Brown (born 18 December 1958) is a Welsh former rugby union international player. He was the first Black Welsh person to represent the Wales national rugby union team. Early life Brown was born in the Pillgwenlly area of Newport on 18 December 1958, to a Jamaican father and a mother from Yorkshire, England. Brown's family moved to Cwmbran at the age of six, where he attended Mount Pleasant and Coed Eva schools. Brown has stated that he was not from a rugby family, that his dad had no interest in the sport, being an avid cricket player and fan. As such, Brown did not pick up a rugby ball until he was seventeen. Career At the age of seventeen Brown was invited to train with Cwmbran RFC (coached by former Ebbw Vale and Wales flanker Graham Jones). Brown only took the opportunity as a way to improve his fitness for the coming soccer season, but soon found himself playing matches for the club as a centre. Brown's career as a flanker started at a Gwent Youth match, Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Rowlands
Daniel Clive Thomas Rowlands OBE (14 May 1938 – 29 July 2023) was a Welsh rugby union footballer and coach. Rowlands was born in Upper Cwmtwrch on 14 May 1938. As recorded in the preface for the book ''The Children of Craig-Y-Nos'', Rowlands was admitted in 1947, as an eight-year-old, to Craig-y-nos TB hospital in Breconshire. He was given a rugby ball as a gift and accidentally kicked it through a glass door, for which he was put in a straitjacket for a week. A teacher by profession, he played club rugby at scrum-half for Abercraf, Pontypool, Llanelli and Swansea. He captained Pontypool in the 1962–63 season, and captained Swansea in the 1967–1968 season Unusually, his first cap for Wales against England in 1963 was as captain, a position which he retained for his next 13 caps between 1963 and 1965, leading Wales to their first Triple Crown victory since 1952. He captained Wales in every game he played including Wales' first match outside of Europe and its first in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rugby World Cup Hat-tricks
Since the inception of the Rugby World Cup in 1987, a total of 69 players have scored three tries or drop goals (a hat-trick) in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Craig Green, who scored four tries in New Zealand's 74–13 victory over Fiji during the 1987 Rugby World Cup. His teammate John Gallagher also scored four tries in this match. Besides Green and Gallagher, 15 players have scored more than three tries in a match; of these, Chris Latham and Josh Lewsey have scored five, while Marc Ellis scored six in New Zealand's 145–17 victory against Japan in 1995. Two of Ellis's teammates, Eric Rush and Jeff Wilson, also scored hat-tricks in this game. Five players have scored a hat-trick of drop goals: Jannie de Beer, Jonny Wilkinson, Juan Martín Hernández, Theuns Kotzé and George Ford. Of these, de Beer scored the most in one match, with five drop goals in South Africa's 44–21 victory over England in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Hat-tricks are mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concussion
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, difficulty with thinking and concentration, sleep disturbances, a brief period of memory loss, brief loss of consciousness, problems with balance, nausea, blurred vision, and mood changes. Concussion should be suspected if a person indirectly or directly hits their head and experiences any of the symptoms of concussion. Symptoms of a concussion may be delayed by 1–2 days after the accident. It is not unusual for symptoms to last 2 weeks in adults and 4 weeks in children. Fewer than 10% of sports-related concussions among children are associated with loss of consciousness. Common causes include motor vehicle collisions, falling (accident), falls, Concussions in sport, sports injuries, and bicycle accidents. Risk factors include physical violence, drinking ethanol, alcohol and a prior history of concussion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tali Eteʻaki
Tali Eteʻaki (born circa 1963) is a Tongan former rugby union footballer who played as a fullback. Career His first international cap for Tonga was during a match against Fiji, in Suva, on 21 July 1984. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup squad, playing all the three pool stage matches against Ireland, Canada and Wales. In the latter match, where the Welsh winger Glen Webbe got hit in the chin by a flying tackle done by Eteʻaki. Eteʻaki made his final appearance for Tonga in the match against Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ... in Nukuʻalofa on 28 May 1991. Notes External linksScrum.com profile 1963 births Living people Tongan rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks Tonga international rugby union players 1987 Rugby World Cup players [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Evans
Ieuan Cennydd Evans (born 21 March 1964) is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for Wales and the British and Irish Lions. He is the fourth highest try scorer for Wales behind Shane Williams, George North and Gareth Thomas and joint 32nd in the world on the all-time test try scoring list. Evans held the record for the most Wales caps as captain with 28, a record overtaken by Ryan Jones in 2012. Career Club level Evans was born in Pontarddulais, Wales, and started playing rugby at the age of 10 as a pupil at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen before captaining the team at the newly renamed Queen Elizabeth Maridunum School. When he was 17, Evans started playing for Carmarthen Quins RFC youth side before joining Llanelli two years later, initially as a student at Salford University. He went on to win five of seven cup finals for the club playing 232 games and scoring 194 tries. In 1997 he left Llanelli for Bath where he was part of the team which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 matches (seven pool matches, two quarter-finals and both semi-finals). The tournament was won by New Zealand, who were the strong favourites and won all their matches comfortably. New Zealand defeated France 29–9 in the final at Eden Park in Auckland. The New Zealand team was captained by David Kirk and included such rugby greats as Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Grant Fox and Michael Jones. Wales finished third, and Australia fourth, after conceding crucial tries in the dying seconds of both their semi-final against France and the third-place play-off against Wales. Seven of the sixteen participating teams were the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) members – New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Five Nations Championship
The 1987 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 7 February and 4 April. This was the last time the championship would be interrupted by weather conditions until the Six Nations of 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R .... France won with a Grand Slam, for the fourth time, while England won the Calcutta Cup, in their only win. Originally the opening matches of the Championship were due to be played on the 17th January with England v Scotland at Twickenham and Wales v Ireland at Cardiff but both matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
