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945:. Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014
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67:(2022-11-08)
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1693:2022 deaths
1688:1943 births
1600:Glyn Turner
1564:Mick Murphy
1552:Roy Mathias
1546:John Mantle
1540:Clive Jones
1510:Tony Fisher
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1442:Wales squad
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1187:(c) unknown
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1171:"Joe" Price
1140:Dave Wright
1124:Brian Brady
777:Club career
767:The Willows
686:during the
634:Dave Wright
505:Port Talbot
453:rugby union
87:Rugby union
55:Port Talbot
1682:Categories
1632:Les Pearce
1582:Peter Rowe
1504:Dick Evans
1474:John Bevan
1397:see also…
1378:(for № 10)
1290:John Bevan
1148:Ian Mather
1083:John Bevan
798:References
794:, Spain.
751:Warrington
747:second-row
712:Warrington
708:second-row
696:Warrington
646:Warrington
572:Warrington
499:Background
489:second-row
481:Warrington
477:St. Helens
327:Warrington
248:Second-row
48:1943-11-16
1534:Mel James
1369:(for № 6)
949:1 January
902:1 January
875:1 January
846:1 January
821:24 August
507:, Wales.
301:St Helens
792:Tenerife
438:Source:
408:1968–75
323:1971–78
296:1968–71
240:Position
93:Position
72:Tenerife
1157:William
1052:Michael
771:Salford
720:1973–74
718:in the
675:in the
673:Salford
652:in the
650:Salford
605:in the
578:in the
546:He won
483:, as a
467:, as a
331:148+15
74:, Spain
57:, Wales
1622:(7/8)
1616:(6/8)
1610:(3/8)
1604:(1/8)
1598:(4/8)
1592:(4/8)
1586:(4/8)
1580:(3/8)
1574:(1/8)
1568:(0/8)
1562:(3/8)
1556:(5/8)
1550:(7/8)
1544:(8/8)
1538:(2/8)
1532:(1/8)
1526:(3/8)
1520:(2/8)
1514:(8/8)
1508:(6/8)
1502:(2/8)
1496:(4/8)
1490:(4/8)
1484:(6/8)
1478:(3/8)
1472:(4/8)
1466:(7/8)
1459:(8/8)
1383:Coach:
1177:Coach:
1168:Joseph
1055:"Mick"
925:
684:replay
682:Final
622:London
603:Widnes
595:London
493:scrums
375:Years
350:Total
306:79+16
263:Years
246:,
171:Years
112:Years
786:Death
735:Wigan
644:) in
552:Wales
526:Wales
487:, or
473:Wales
461:Wales
412:Wales
378:Team
266:Team
258:Club
208:Wales
204:1968
174:Team
115:Team
107:Club
951:2015
923:ISBN
904:2018
877:2018
848:2018
823:2020
677:1974
669:prop
654:1974
642:prop
607:1975
599:prop
580:1974
568:prop
550:for
548:caps
539:and
524:for
485:prop
479:and
365:120
353:258
244:Prop
62:Died
42:Born
1463:(c)
1301:(c)
765:at
729:at
690:at
663:at
636:or
616:at
589:at
522:cap
382:Pld
356:40
343:66
334:22
318:54
309:18
270:Pld
178:Pld
119:Pld
1684::
1445:–
1373:15
1364:14
1355:13
1347:12
1339:11
1331:10
1165:15
1154:14
1145:13
1137:12
1129:11
1121:10
885:^
856:^
831:^
814:.
769:,
733:,
694:,
620:,
593:,
543:.
535:,
495:.
428:0
425:0
422:0
419:0
416:8
397:FG
362:0
359:0
340:0
337:0
315:0
312:0
285:FG
224:3
221:0
218:0
215:1
212:1
193:FG
134:FG
1433:e
1426:t
1419:v
1323:9
1315:8
1306:7
1295:6
1287:5
1279:4
1271:3
1263:2
1255:1
1239:–
1226:e
1219:t
1212:v
1192:)
1182:(
1113:9
1105:8
1096:7
1088:6
1080:5
1072:4
1064:3
1057:/
1049:2
1041:1
1025:–
1012:e
1005:t
998:v
953:.
931:.
906:.
879:.
850:.
825:.
402:P
392:G
387:T
290:P
280:G
275:T
198:P
188:G
183:T
139:P
129:G
124:T
50:)
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