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Ted
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Date Posted: 07:58:33 09/16/02 Mon
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In reply to: Dai 's message, "Rugby Legends" on 14:53:19 09/15/02 Sun

The Bish was good, but Edwards was the greatest

>Anyone seen the vote in the Wales on Sunday and
>Western Mail for the greatest Welsh players/team ever?
>
>I think we should all show our support for the boys by
>taking part. In my greatest ever Welsh team, I will
>include the Pontypool front row, Cobner, Squire and of
>course the Bish - who will also get my vote as the
>greatest ever Welsh player. I will also vote for
>Cobner as the greatest ever Welsh captain and also the
>greatest ever Welsh Defender.
>
>Pricey will get my vote for the greatest ever Welsh
>try (V France 1975).
>
>Ray Prosser gets my vote as the greatest ever Welsh
>Coach, although this title could be interpretted as
>the greatest ever coach of Wales!

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Dai
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Date Posted: 14:24:32 09/16/02 Mon
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Sorry Ted, I don't agree. They were both equally fantastic in most regards (running, tackling, etc.) but Edwards couldn't win games with his kicking like the Bish could.

In any case, I'm a biased Pooler fan!

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[> [> [> Subject: The difference between Bish and Gareth Edwards was that Bish was a great club player who had everything but was unfortunately never given a chance to prove himself on the international stage, (Personally I think this was a great mistake), whereas Gareth Edwards was a great international player but never gave as much as Bish at club level. between the two it would be Bish who would get my vote as the greatest of two wonderful scrum-halves. There was no-one could break the first tackle as well as Bish or perform those wonderful one-handed pick-ups at top speed, and Bish was much better at driving and directing a pack of forwards than Gareth.

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Dave M
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Date Posted: 11:28:26 09/18/02 Wed
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