Brian Price is a former Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

 international rugby union

Rugby union

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 player. He was born in Bargoed

Bargoed

Bargoed is a town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly and straddles ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. 'Greater Bargoed', as defined by the local authority Caerphilly County Borough Council,...

 and originally played club rugby played for St. Lukes Cross Keys

Cross Keys

-Placenames:* The village of Crosskeys, Wales, UK** which is served by Crosskeys railway station** and hosts Crosskeys College, a campus of Coleg Gwent** and is home to Cross Keys RFC, a rugby union team* Historic settlement in Brookhaven, Georgia, USA...

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Newport RFC & 32 Wales Caps

He played his club rugby for Newport, Captained the club, most notably in the victory against the 1963 New Zealand

New Zealand

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 All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

 and attained 32 international caps for Wales including Triple Crown wins in 1965 and 1969 as Captain of Wales. He was selected for Wales' first overseas tour in 1964 and played in the Welsh rugby team's first match outside of Europe and its first in the Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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; played against East Africa

East Africa rugby union team

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 in Nairobi

Nairobi

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 on 12 May 1964, Wales winning 8-26. He played 262 games for Newport in all.

British Lion

Price also played for the British and Irish Lions

British and Irish Lions

The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...

 on the 1966 tour of Australia and New Zealand

1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

In 1966 the British Lions toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost all four internationals against the All Blacks....

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External links

• http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/7010442.stm BBC Sport Fiji Tour 1964
• http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/players/brian_v_price.php Profile at Newport RFC