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London Welsh

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London Welsh are proud to be one of the foremost clubs in the history of rugby union.

The club has attracted many phenomenal players since its inception from Willie Llewellyn and his aforementioned contemporaries through to the 1920 and 1930’s where electrifying rugby was played by the likes of scrumhalf Wick Powell (1926), Vivian Jenkins (1930), Claude Davey (1935) and Arthur Rees (1935).

The most renowned rugby of London Welsh was played between 1966 and 1973 and it is this period many remember as the golden years. During this time, the Welsh undoubtedly played some of the best rugby ever witnessed, with current President John Dawes as captain superbly supported by fellow legends including JPR Williams, Gerald Davies, John Taylor (now MD of the club), Mervyn Davies, Mike Roberts and Geoff Evans.

Since its formation in 1885, the club has provided more British & Irish Lions than any other club, including 7 in the 1971 tour of New Zealand, now famous for being the only side to have won a test series against the All Blacks.