Do you remember when...

Willie John Mc Bride's '74 Lions..what a player he was...

best team iv ever seen the likes of jpr jj williams phil bennet and gareth davies legends

cliftonking Wrote:

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> Titch you are not a fool but do you understand the
> implications of one your pics?


Don't tell me,Titch doesn't use the hair rollers anymore.

pirates Wrote:

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> best team iv ever seen the likes of jpr jj
> williams phil bennet and gareth davies legends


I was 14 yrs old, as I remember it, in the first test we had a team consisting of a majority of WP players, and we lost; everybody complained and for the 2nd test they picked a team consisting mostly of N Tvl players - we lost by a wider margin than the first test, then for the 3rd test, they picked a team that had quite a lot of Free State players (I think Gerrie Sonnekus moved from scrum-half to 8th man, or the other way around :S) and we got hammered; then in the 4t test they finally settle on a more 'balanced' (in term of provinces) team and we played to that 13-13 draw at Ellis Park

Stand to be corrected though, but yes that Lions team was very good - JPR Williams a brilliant full-back

Great thread this
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Can you name them

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The game between the Lions and the Leopards in East London? Andy Irvine.

Hi Titch,

Thank you for the trip down memory lane

I am unfortunately too young to remember all of the above posts

Please advise where is the last pic you posted (of a pool/beach) is this by any chance Durban Beachfront?

how long ago was this roughly

davetheflower Wrote:

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> Can you name them
JPR Williams,A Irvine,R Lilliken,I mCGeechan,JJ Williams,P Bennett,G Edwards,I McLoughlinR,Windsor,F Cotton,W J McBride,G Brown,F Slattery,M Davies,A Uttley.
Reserves M Gibson,S Carmichael,T David,A Neary,A Ripley,etc etc.
Referee was Max Baise,all four Tests.
Lions had a try by Fergus Slattery disallowed in the last 3 minutes of the last Test at Ellis Park.

King007 Wrote:

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> Hi Titch,
>
> Thank you for the trip down memory lane
>
> I am unfortunately too young to remember all of
> the above posts
>
> Please advise where is the last pic you posted (of
> a pool/beach) is this by any chance Durban
> Beachfront?
>
> how long ago was this roughly

The Durban "Paddling Pool" late 60's early 70's

Farawaysaint Wrote:

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> davetheflower Wrote:
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> > Can you name them
> JPR Williams,A Irvine,R Lilliken,I mCGeechan,JJ
> Williams,P Bennett,G Edwards,I
> McLoughlinR,Windsor,F Cotton,W J McBride,G Brown,F
> Slattery,M Davies,A Uttley.
> Reserves M Gibson,S Carmichael,T David,A Neary,A
> Ripley,etc etc.
> Referee was Max Baise,all four Tests.
> Lions had a try by Fergus Slattery disallowed in
> the last 3 minutes of the last Test at Ellis Park.

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