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John Dawes, Welsh rugby union player (born 1940)

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John Dawes

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940–2021)

Sydney John Dawes was a Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach. He captained London Welsh, Wales, the 1971 British Lions and the Barbarians. He is credited with being a major influence in these teams' success, and in the attractive, attacking, free-flowing…
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Rugby union

Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries, rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, Rugbaí in Irish or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.…
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April 16

Day of the year

April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 259 days remain until the end of the year.
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