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JY137

Jersey

CIC

Colin Charvis

1999-2000

Jersey, Wales. Red. RWC 1999. P.O.W feathers on the left breast, with white Cymru on a green banner beneath, and Ariannin CRB in white below. IRB Rugby World Cup 1999 logo on the right breast. Reebok logo beneath the collar and a white Welsh dragon on the right collar. Lower front left, a white triangle with a Welsh flag tag attached. The sleeves are cut short. White number 6 on the reverse. White Cymru in a red banner on the back of the collar.

This is the Wales jersey Colin Charvis wore at the opening match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup when tournament hosts Wales defeated Argentina by 23-18 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 1st October 1999. Charvis scored the opening try of the competition, his Swansea team mate Mark Taylor getting the other in a tough opening fixture for Wales who eventually went out in the quarter-final to tournament winners Australia. The jersey was kindly presented to the St Helens Archive by Charvis in February 2024.

Charvis, Millennium Stadium, Rugby World Cup, RWC