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penalty goal, he found himself as part of that year's winning Home Nations Championship team. Davies was back the next season, playing two games in the championship though after the highs of the previous season, Wales lost all their games to end up with the Wooden Spoon. Davies missed the entirety of
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team. Alongside Tanner, Davies had an outstanding game in which Swansea were victorious over the supposedly 'unbeatable' All Blacks. Tanner and Davies were credited as orchestrating the Swansea success, even though still teenagers and attending Gowerton county school. The New Zealand captain,
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Photograph "1948 Challenge Cup Final - A world record crowd of 91,465 saw Bradford Northern lose to Wigan by 8 points to 3 in this 1948 Final at Wembley. Here King George VI is seen being introduced to the Bradford Northern side. - 01/05/1948" at
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the 1938 tournament, but was back for the 1939 championship, playing in all three games. In the last match against Ireland Davies scored all seven points with a
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teams. In 1946 he went on tour with Great Britain against Australia and New Zealand. He played in the tour's final Test in New Zealand and at point became a
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Photograph "Northern at Fartown - The Northern side that took on Huddersfield in 1948. Bradford won 7-2 at Fartown. - 30/03/1948" at rlhp.co.uk
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It was at Swansea he was first selected to represent Wales at rugby union. Davies was capped for Wales against Ireland under the captaincy of
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winner took on the role of 'minder' for Northern's slightly-built, mercurial stand-off when he was targeted by opposing teams.
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Photograph "Willie Davies - Wilie Davies, Northern's great Welsh stand off of the 1940s. - 01/01/1947" at rlhp.co.uk
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In 1939 Davies left rugby union behind when he 'Went North' and joined professional rugby league team
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Davies first played rugby for Wales Secondary Schools, alongside his cousin and future Welsh captain,
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for Wales. His drop goal was the last four point drop goal ever scored in the
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Willie Davies: Fly-half dazzling in both rugby union and league
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Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union
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1946 Australia & New Zealand tourists "The Indomitables"
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on Saturday 1 May 1948, and played in the 12–0 victory over
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Boys' Grammar School. He had a son and two daughters.
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GB & Wales dual-code rugby international footballer
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rugby league team. In 2003 he was inducted into the
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Index

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Penclawdd
Rustington
Fly-half
Swansea RFC
Headingley RUFC
London Welsh RFC
Wales
Back
Bradford Northern
Wales
Great Britain
Welsh
rugby
rugby union
Swansea
rugby league
Bradford Northern
Wales
Wales
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame
Haydn Tanner
Haydn Tanner
New Zealand
Jack Manchester
Joe Rees
Vivian Jenkins
try
drop goal
Five Nations Championship

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