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Bobby Windsor - The Iron Duke: The Life and Times of a Working-Class Rugby Hero

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When I got to the caravan, I put all the tablets into my pocket and walked up to the headland overlooking the sea. The police were about to launch the helicopter because they thought I was going to jump off the headland.

Even at my lowly level of playing you felt part of one big community that included internationals at every-day club levels. As soon as Gareth Edwards passed the ball out from the scrum, they would just stand up and boot you in the clock! He was ideally suited to the highly mobile and aggressive packs developed at Pontypool in the seventies which made them one of the most feared sides in the land.The intensity gleaming through his eyes reflects a man who was willing to give everything for victory while maintaining a sense of joy throughout it all. favorite Wall Art and Photo Gifts from Memory Lane Bobby Windsor, Pontypool and Welsh international rugby player.

Stay up to date with all our latest offers, deals and events as well as new releases and exclusive subscriber content! Legendary coach Ray Prosser hailed him as the only tight forward he’s seen who could change the course of a game.Erling Haaland reveals the pre-match routine he shares with 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler. He was also vicious, the most cold-hearted brute you would never wish to see standing over you at a ruck. I saw him play on a couple of occasions and would not have relished being on the opposing side playing hooker. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. There were fellers there who had no hope and three of them died within a fortnight but they were fighting to live and I’d been ready to do away with myself.

Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Lions would take the Boks so low in the scrum that Windsor would sometimes hook with his head before driving over them, there being no law then about keeping shoulders above the hips. His rugby career as the best hooker in the British Isles during the second golden era of Welsh rugby in the 1970s is a turbulent tale of blood and thunder on the pitch. A steelworker by trade, The Duke was as fiery as the furnaces he used to tend, but also a larger-than-life figure off the field.The 1970s were an iconic period for rugby union, and this photograph serves as a testament to that era's spirit and camaraderie. It wasn’t quite the end of Windsor’s international career, as the last of his 28 Wales caps came against France in the 1979 Five Nations, by which point the ‘Iron Duke’ had cemented his legacy. However, although Bobby Windsor was a force in domestic rugby, he’s best known for his international career. This revealing biography, which draws on endless interviews with the man, shows him to be an excellent raconteur, perceptive analyst of the game that he loved so much and played for free, and a genuinely nice guy and family man, though he could be a bit of a rogue!

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