Tighthead Prop

1.  Graham Price

 

Graham Price was the anchorman in the scrum and led the attack on the opposition scrum.  He was a rock solid scrimmager.  Total concentration at the scrum made it effective, making the scrum an attacking weapon, wearing down the opposition as the match progressed.  Going backwards in scrums was never an option.  He was the most intense player on the pitch.  This intensity always came to the fore during a scrum.  The focus and concentration--physical, mental, emotional--required to dominate in the scrum, particularly at elite levels, far surpasses that displayed by other players.  He always delivered.

 

A master of binding and driving past the ball or binding on the side most advantageous to his team.  He always built a platform to protect the ball at all legal cost.

 

He was a great all-rounder in open play, mobile and comfortable with ball in hand.  Another player who always gave his all.

 

Graham Price is a rugby legend.  Graham earned his first of 41 caps for Wales in 1975, against France scoring a try recently voted the 4th best try ever scored by a welsh player.  Graham formed part of the legendary 'Pontypool Front Row' with his colleagues Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner.  He went on to play in 2 Grand Slams and won 4 consecutive Triple Crowns.  

 

He played 12 Tests for the British Lions in New Zealand and South Africa, making him the most capped Welsh player in Lions history.  It is also the record for a Lions prop.