Gerald Davies
| Full name | Thomas Gerald Reames Davies | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 February 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Llansaint, Wales | ||||||||||||
| School | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen | ||||||||||||
| University |
Loughborough College Emmanuel College, Cambridge Cardiff University |
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| Position | Wing/centre | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1960s 1960s–1965 1963–1966 1965–1968 1966–1977 1968–1974 1968–1971 1974-1980s |
Kidwelly Llanelli Loughborough Colleges Cardiff Barbarians London Welsh Cambridge University Cardiff |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1966–1978 1968–1971 |
Wales British Lions |
46 5 |
(72) 9 |
Thomas Gerald Reames Davies CBE DL (born 7 February 1945 in Llansaint) is a Welsh former rugby union wing who played international rugby for Wales between 1966 and 1978. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Ryan Jones, Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Gareth Edwards and JPR Williams.
Born in Llansaint, Carmarthenshire, under the local coal miners scholarship scheme he studied at Loughborough University, before studying at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge and appearing for the University rugby team. Davies taught at Christ's Hospital in Horsham, Sussex from 1971 to 1974 when he took up a post with the Sports Council for Wales.
Davies played club rugby for Cardiff RFC and London Welsh. He captained Cardiff for three seasons in the 1970s, his most famous game for Cardiff probably being a 1977–8 Welsh Cup game against Pontypool when he scored four tries (beating his marker and near namesake Gareth Davies on each occasion) to earn his side a 16–11 win.
He made his international debut on Saturday, 3 December 1966 against Australia in Cardiff, where Wales lost 14–11 – he was to face the Wallabies again in his final appearance for Wales in 1978, this time in Sydney, and again a loss. All in all, he was capped 46 times for his country. He was switched from his original position of centre to the right wing by Wales coach Clive Rowlands on their 1969 tour of Australia and New Zealand, and thereafter played in that position.
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