1974 British Lions Tour

1974 British Lions Tour - JPR Williams

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@711honved 6 ай бұрын

One of the greatest sides to ever grace a rugby pitch. Sadly, we have recently lost Phil Bennett & now the great JPR.

@stephenaddison2919 6 ай бұрын

R.I.P JPR Willams another Legend gone but will never be forgotten

@brianmills6168 6 ай бұрын

JPR - every South African's favourite non-bok 👊RIP

@LionelMessi-ct7tu 6 ай бұрын

I’m certainly not a Welsh rugby fan, BUT, JPR is a legend. All rugby fans will miss you. 😍

@steffanhoffmann 6 ай бұрын

Why aren't you? I am and I'm a Bok. They have produced some of the most exciting players. A nation of 3 million. Modern day, little Shane Williams was phenomenal. Are you a bitter Englishman? 😉 👍

@carramario7909 3 жыл бұрын

JPR thanks to the greatest full back I have ever seen. Regards from Italy.

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Carra, my two greatest attacking full backs of all time JPR and HO de Villiers. Blessings from South Africa.

@hendrikdegoede981 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant team!! Probably one of the best rugby teams ever...

@dnorfed 6 ай бұрын

RIP JPR, a titan in a red shirt 🙏🙏🙏

@dankmdunn4725 3 жыл бұрын

JPR was one of the best and one of my grandathers favourite from back on the day, before my times as i was born in the 80s but an awesome welsh man

@Round_07 5 жыл бұрын

JPR was the greatest

@proboskus 13 жыл бұрын

what a beauty haircut on JJ!!! As for JPR, he would be selected in any era. What a legend.

@borisstarling7661 11 жыл бұрын

God, Slattery was quick (2:16). That turn of pace would be impressive for an international centre. For a flanker, it's almost unbelievable.

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

The Greatest Team ever to tour South Africa. The '74 British and Irish Lions side had no weaknesses. Lets not forget the 'Dirttrackers', great players who could not make the Test side...Andy Ripley, Alan Morley, Alan Old, Tony Neary, Mike Burton, members of the England side that beat the Springboks in 1972. Stuart McKinney, a flanker from Ireland kicked a penalty goal against Free State which kept their unbeaten record intact. Still can't work out why John Pullen and David Duckham were not selected....Garry from South Africa.

@chrismorris4392 6 ай бұрын

RIP legendary JPR

@TainuiaKid1973 8 жыл бұрын

love the Welsh players! Such passion and feel for the game! from NZ

@thomaspullman3154 4 жыл бұрын

TainuiaKid1973 oh ki in

@vantheman1238 Жыл бұрын

If only we still had players like that in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 thank you for your kind words we need them 😂

@steffanhoffmann 6 ай бұрын

Correct but there are some negative comments here, in the comments section. Do you think they're all bitter Englishmen? 😂

@jacobusorange7617 Жыл бұрын

To see these guys play was poetry in motion and never mind apartheid tours they were just great. I am 71 years old and saw two matches they played and followed the other matches on radio but will never forget this lion side they were just brilliant.

@seamanjive 4 жыл бұрын

I was there at Ellis Park for the final 13all test. I was eighteen and on a mining course in Evander, Eastern Transvaal having emigrated from UK. No tv in SA in 1974. They used to bring reel-to-reel film out to the mine. I travelled up to Joburg to be with a couple of my British mates for the match day and to listen to it on the radio. I went for a walk and a car stopped next to me. "Soek jy kaarjkies?". Too right I was look for a ticket. I bought it face value and ran to the stadium. The rest is history .

@luger188 4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great story, cheers

@seamanjive 4 жыл бұрын

@@luger188 I'm blessed...I was also at the SA v ABs test in 81 at Wellington.

@IwasInThe60s 6 жыл бұрын

What a legend! As were all the 1974 Lions players.

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

The Greatest Team ever to tour South Africa. Greetings from Johannesburg.

@blaircockburn4432 6 ай бұрын

Just fab to watch

@A-small-amount-of-peas 13 жыл бұрын

at 5:14 two knees go right into the face of JPR, such a cowardly thing to do and you can tell why they did it as none of them had any way of dealing with him, best fullback of all time and makes me proud to come from Bridgend

@mizofan 7 жыл бұрын

Best with Blanco and Cullen, great defensively, a really tough competitor, and attacked with panache.

@3vimages471 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite players ever and I am English.

@nomatesman 11 жыл бұрын

JPR Williams was one of the biggest backs of his era. He was 6'1" and weighed over 14 stone i.e. close to 90kg. This was at a time when the average weight of a back would have been about 80kg at most. So he was a big man for the time. Funny I read a similar comment recently in I think "The Times" where they talked about "the scrawny backs of the past like JPR Williams" - not the case he was a big man which no doubt helped him when he played on one occasion as a flanker for Wales.

@callumsmaile8815 4 жыл бұрын

nomatesman Flanker was his preferred position, probably why he was such an attacking Full back

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

JPR was also a great tennis player.

@katiemainwaring3768 Жыл бұрын

@@callumsmaile8815 7:38

@ay613 4 жыл бұрын

Pace. Power. Passion.

@gregbooth1551 Жыл бұрын

The greatest Lions team by a mile, they did what we couldn't do (until 1996) and did it in style.

@ChrisHopkinsBass 9 ай бұрын

2:00 to quote the Bard himself “Tommy David, he very big man”

@christoheiberg312 6 ай бұрын

I remember witnessing the Lions' absolute genius in the 2nd test at Loftus. My dad and I walked to our car utterly dejected, but in awe. The 4th test result? Lions should not complain. Roger Utley's try in the 1st half should not have been awarded anyhow. Chris Pope touched down before him. Pictures showed that clearly.

@TainuiaKid1973 8 жыл бұрын

great footage, I was just a year old in 1974, but even here in NZ, growing up I remember the name JPR Williams. Finally I get to see him play! Thanks for uploading!

@user-te3jc3sl7r Жыл бұрын

The Lions were rampant in South Africa in 1974. Unbeaten in 22 matches and destroying the Boks in the first 3 tests.

@ericmesser1 6 ай бұрын

RIP>>>>>JPR. Legend👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@wobblertv8083 3 жыл бұрын

Bobby Windsor. ...what a legend.

@heywoodjerbloume 3 жыл бұрын

Best team to ever leave South Africa.

@annetteelliott1494 6 жыл бұрын

Best Lions team ever.....

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

For sure! The 3rd Test in PE where the Lions clinched the Test series was my first Test as a schoolboy, was awesome. Willie John and Fergus Slattery visited my school , De La Salle College in East London.

@jessesands4099 4 ай бұрын

RIP JPR Williams The Greatest Welsh Full Back In Rugby History!😢😞🙏🌹🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@jc333jc 9 жыл бұрын

JPR. To be known world-wide by only your initials means you were a bit special. Plus it's great to see Gordon Brown in some clips. A very underrated player these days.

@popegregoryix9775 8 жыл бұрын

+Johnmac I always thought it was to distinguish him from JJ Williams - but I know what you mean - mention the inital JPR to any rugby fan... Agree with you about Gordon Brown. How special was Phil Bennett too - I never got to see Barry John play - so I can't make a comparison - but I don't think I've seen a better fly half than Bennett.

@celticwarrior1365 6 жыл бұрын

PopeGregoryIX By his own admission, fear of being tackled by an 18 stone+ forward is what made Phil Bennett such a great side-stepper. And I, for one, don't blame him! Haha!

@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit 5 жыл бұрын

Gareth Edwards, Phil Bennett, JJ, and JPR. A quartet of a Welsh Wizards, they tormented England, but I still could not help being in awe of their brilliance.

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Johnmac... JPR and HO. Gordon Brown, a Legend and a Gentleman...Rest in Peace, Gordon Brown. You can Google the story on Gordon Brown and Springbok lock, Johan De Bruyn, who had a glass eye. Greetings from Johannesburg.

@jc333jc 3 жыл бұрын

@@catholicrugbyfan1635 Gordon was my coach for a while. when I was a schoolboy. He paired up with me for tackling practice and seemed to be impressed. then he told me to tackled him properly and several of my bones sprung awry. He was devastated and took me to the hospital and stayed with me. after phoning my parents. It was only a sprung collar bone but the man was, and remains a great hero of mine. Funny, a gentleman and a very good player.

@SuperMandelson 12 жыл бұрын

does anyone know what the song is at the start?

@timshears2099 7 ай бұрын

My school took me to two of those matches.

@henry-nr5np Ай бұрын

Great side 1974 Lions,,,

@martinwilliams8402 5 жыл бұрын

It's called the British and Irish Lions

@davidhayward3792 4 жыл бұрын

Not in 1974

@geoffjones4285 3 жыл бұрын

Where these chaps called amateurs during this tour We’ve never come close to emulating them since

@grandslam1998 6 ай бұрын

They had a ball!

@donalryan2429 Жыл бұрын

Sad to hear about Slatterys dementia

@williamwallace2278 4 жыл бұрын

Those pitches? Must of been like playing on concrete

@michaelwallace8861 7 жыл бұрын

Should show whern runs from deep in his own area and lays a couple if Bookkies out within few punches in a 99 call

@Dylanscam1 10 жыл бұрын

3:09 music by Brian Finch :-)

@chanctonbury63 12 жыл бұрын

JPR wasnt a particularly big man, or fast for that matter, but he read the game so well. Not only that, he was as hard and as brave as they come.

@martinwilliams8402 5 жыл бұрын

He was a junior Wimbledon champion

@welshtoro3256 4 жыл бұрын

@Mebrice Depace That's right and he was afraid of nothing or anybody. Strong as an ox and would yield to nobody. I was a kid growing up in his era and his name was legend.

@timlewis1165 4 жыл бұрын

He was a judge at the Swansea Beer Festival a couple of years ago. He walked passed me and I can confirm he is hardly tiny

@Rugbygorilla 3 жыл бұрын

He was 6"1 and 14 stone when playing as a back. Not a small man by any means

@catholicrugbyfan1635 3 жыл бұрын

JPR's drop goal in the 4th Test clinched the first ever Test series win for the Lions against NZ in 1971. I saw him in PE in 1974, in the 3rd Test against the Springboks. A true Legend.

@SuperMandelson 12 жыл бұрын

1971 Lions

@grandslam1998 13 жыл бұрын

They are the best sporting team ever to leave the British Isles !

@williamwallace2278 5 жыл бұрын

What a captain and leader WJM was Fergus Slattery was no slouch either at blindside

@tallshort1849 4 жыл бұрын

JJ Williams was a former sprinter for Wales and during training Slattery used to race him and sometimes won. He was the only player in the side that got close to him

@michaelcassidy1864 7 ай бұрын

Actually its the Brit and also Irish Lions

@theegyptianfringe8074 6 ай бұрын

Gods

@halcyon289 4 жыл бұрын

J(ust) P(erfect) R(ugby) Williams

@grandslam1998 12 жыл бұрын

Good shout but they lose one game and draw one game in NZ.

@cliffhughes6010 6 ай бұрын

Slattery scored.

@biggusdikkus1807 3 жыл бұрын

And the rest is history - well that try was disallowed - was it a try? - I believe there are only two people left in the world who know the answer - one is Springbok center Peter Cronje and the other Lion flanker Fergus Slattery

@anthonyronan5843 5 ай бұрын

British and Irish Lions mo chara.

@henry-nr5np Ай бұрын

These bokke tackle bad bad bad

@grandslam1998 13 жыл бұрын

They are the best sporting team to leave the British isles!

@matlam3894 6 ай бұрын

The best 15 of all times! Rugby total à la French flair! ;) Quand on les regarde jouer, c'est les français d'aujourd'hui... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eriGatKHzrWwo3U.html

@barbarahallinan1151 6 жыл бұрын

sorry but its not the british lions..........there are players from the republic of ireland so not british .again listen

@marklyttle5449 5 жыл бұрын

In 1974 it was the British Lions, the "and Irish" bit came later.

@cianw2942 4 жыл бұрын

Mark Lyttle But that makes no sense. Its factually incorrect. Irish people arent British.

@jc333jc 3 жыл бұрын

Ah but to feck weren't they just a marvellous team? Willie John Put all of the political malarkey to bed straight away. They were a team.

@henry-nr5np 25 күн бұрын

The ball whas not ground no try

@rohp1283 2 жыл бұрын

Why did these guys go to Apartheid SA??

@cianw2942 4 жыл бұрын

*British & Irish. There was Irish people on the team so calling them the ‘British Lions’ is factually incorrect.

@user-wp1go6uj8l 6 ай бұрын

Horrible Springbook high tackles on show.

@alexhollins5830 5 жыл бұрын

Shame on that tour and those who venerate the participants. Those who declined to go deserve infinitely more kudos than those who chose to legitimise one of the most revolting regimes in human history.

@welshtoro3256 4 жыл бұрын

I hear what you're saying Alex and by today's standards what you say is undoubtedly true. However, we were a long way from that place in 1974. There was certainly no excuse for the English cricketers 7 years later - That was blood money. I think many people were just not so switched on in the early 70's. That's bad but it's just how it was. The anti-apartheid movement changed gear in the late 70's and the excuse that "sport and politics shouldn't mix" seemed intellectually ridiculous or embarrassingly naive. We are very much more aware of the international world than people were then. We can agree that the South African regime was revolting and a stain on humanity. Cheers. WT

@bendigeidfranemmanueljones5694 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't look legit ubermensch after it though did they?

@georgeholland6725 7 ай бұрын

The ANC raygeem which supplanted the nationalists turned out to be far more racist.

@kentimmins9171 7 ай бұрын

You ignorance is abhorrent bro. White South Africans were and still are by any measure the most civilized people in Africa,