What became of terry davies who played rugby for wales.?

Question

What became of terry davies who played rugby for wales.?

Answer 1

After his rugby days, he had a timber company in Llanelli. Still lives there surronded by his children and grandchildren. He has more recently been honoured in the Welsh Hall of Fame. He is known for being one of the greatest full backs of Welsh Rugby.

He is my uncle and is an absolute legend.

Answer 2

Terry Davies born in Llanelli in 1933 played for Swansea and Llanelli at club level as a full back. In a 1960 South Africa v Llanelli game Davies used his experience and anticipated a low tackle from Francois Roux. He swung his shoulders into Roux, knocking him to the ground. Roux recovered quickly but missed the next game. Davies later described Roux as a "...silly little man".

He was selected to play against England in the 1953 Five Nations Championship. Allthough he scored a penalty kick they lost. He was selected to play for the final three games, all of which Wales won.

The 1958 Five Nations Championship game between England and Wales at Twickenham has become synonymous with Terry Davies. In a match where the Welsh team played without the Prince of Wales's feathers due to a mistake by the manufacturers, Davies had an opportunity to take the lead for Wales with a penalty kick. The mark was fifty yards out, and against the wind but Davies's kick was true and would have won the game but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back. That night a group of Welsh supporters climbed the posts and cut down a section of the offending crossbar and took it back to Wales. Davies, a timber merchant, offered to replace it.

In 1959 he was selected for the British Lions tour of Australia and New Zeland.

He captained Wales during the South African tour of 1960. He would captian on another tow occasions but played his final game international game against France in 1961, after winning 21 caps.

He is seen as the last great Welsh full backs, before the 'No direct kicking into touch' rule was introduced in the late sixties and changed the full back role.

Now 76, is alive and well and I saw him today at a papershop in Llanelli. We had a brief chat (he was great friends with my late father) and he told me has a book out at Christmas 2010. He is a gentleman both humble and modest.