GARETH EDWARDS MBE

Great Rugby speaker

Gareth Edwards is an excellent speaker either as a motivational speaker (with a presentation based on the qualities of teamwork, commitment and achievement) or as a witty and anecdotal after dinner speaker.

Gareth Edwards retired from rugby in 1978 after playing for Wales on fifty three consecutive occasions - a record which may never be equalled. 

He also played for the British Lions on ten occasions - twice against South Africa and eight times against New Zealand. He scored twenty tries for Wales - another record.

First cap for Wales rugby-football 1967 (v France); Captain of Wales on thirteen occasions; youngest Captain of Wales (at 20 years) in 1968; British Lions Tours: 1968, 1971, 1974; Barbarians, 1967-78.

Member of Cardiff RFC, 1966 to present; a record 53 consecutive caps to 1978; retired 1978.

Published:

Gareth: an autobiography, 1978 (jointly)
Rugby Skill, 1978
Rugby Skills for Forwards, 1980
Rugby, 1986.

He plays golf and is an accomplished fisherman, as his part in the BBC series 'The Fishing Race' showed.

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