JPR

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JPR Williams won his first cap for Wales in 1969 & until his retirement in 1981 was the mainstay of Welsh teams that won six Triple Crowns three Grand Slams & six Five Nations Championships. Renowned for his power & bravery on the pitch JPR is a hero to the Welsh & a respected icon of the rugby world. In his autobiography JPR recalls his childhood in Bridgend & the early signs that he was destined for sporting greatness. He showed initial promise as a tennis player beating David Lloyd at the age of seventeen to win Junior Wimbledon but in 1968 decided to abandon any plan of becoming a professional tennis player in order to combine his medical career with amateur rugby. That year he was selected for the Welsh tour of Argentina & this marked the beginning of his rugby adventure. He relives his early rugby career & remembers the most exciting matches of his playing days both for Wales & for the British & Irish Lions including the 1971 win against the All Blacks
- the only time the Lions have ever beaten New Zealand in a series
- a team in which he was an integral player. His love of rugby was so strong that he was unable to tear himself away from the game & played amateur rugby well into his fifties with Tondu the Welsh junior side.