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OT127

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Object ID

OT127

Type

Ceramic plate

Rights Holder

Geoff Wheel - Loan

Provenance

Geoff Wheel

Season

1975-1976

Description

Ceramic Plate, White with gold border. WRU motif, & feathers above a rugby ball in centre. Red Welsh dragon and "Wales Cymru" at top. Text in Welsh & English around rim: "Triple Crown and Championship Winners 1975-1976". Signatures of Welsh players reproduced on plate.

Info

This limited edition ceramic plate celebrates Wales' Grand Slam and triple Crown year of 1976 and was presented to Geoff Wheel by the WRU. Wales achieved a second consecutive Five Nations Championship this year and second Grand Slam of the 'seventies, to add to that of 1971. England were beaten at Twickenham by 21-9 and Scotland succumbed 28-6 in Cardiff. A record 34-9 score was amassed against Ireland in Dublin before the French were overcome 19-13 in Cardiff. Wales won the Grand Slam with a record 102 points. Geoff Wheel played in all four matches, winning the first of two Grand Slams and four Triple Crowns in his international career.

Keywords

1975-1976, 1975-76, geoff wheel, grand slam,

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