Anthony George "Charlie" Faulkner (born 27 February 1941, in

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footballer who played in the 1970s and later a rugby coach.

Wales caps

He played his rugby as a Prop forward for Pontypool RFC in their heyday in the 1970s and attained 19 caps for Wales, making his international debut in 1975 at the age of 34, was a 1977 British Lion and later coached

The Pontypool Front Row

With

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and Graham Price he became part of the Pontypool Front Row also known as the Viet Gwent (a play on

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) and immortalised in song by Max Boyce. He was a Judo Black Belt and a steelworker by trade – both factors conjoining to make him a formidable scrummager who was mobile in the loose, able to score tries even at international level.

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