Dyslexically Aroused

Big Col wrote...

Andrew Kembury - Anyone who fancied taking on the all-blacks by himself has got to be a bit of a maverick!

Santa - Swansea's nutter of an openside. In fact his replacements, Appleyard and 'Deano' Thomas were also a little, how shall we say, odd!

Phil Pugh - Anyone remember Neath V Newport in the early 90s? Not sure Paul Turner does.

Definition #2... Property of whoever finds and brands it... BRETT SINKINSON!!!

Blanco - Doesn't really need explaining that un.

My fave taxi driver - Gibbs.

There are stories going around of Alex Popham not being of sound mind. Mainly the ones of him walking round Edinburgh by himself p'ed as a fart after our superb performance up there.

wilbach says - if that is the case - section me.

Posted by: Big Col  | December 11, 2007 3:48 PM

Llewel wrote...

Comment: If you want to go back far enough - should not William Webb Ellis be in there ?
So my suggestion
William Webb Ellis - paternally (from the Latin - pater, meaning father)
wilbach says - what position, do you think, would WWE have played? Centre? Wing? I think, perhaps, flanker.

Posted by: Llewel  | December 11, 2007 11:10 PM

Llewel wrote...

I have always imagined WWE to have been a centre - not sure why though !!

He may have been a weedy little kid who hated games and only picked up the ball to annoy the games teacher - I will have to look up on google and find out about him - maybe you could do a blog on him - do a bit of research - a special Christmas entry on the founder of Rugby to coincide with the founder of Christianity !!

wilbach says - not such a bad idea!

Posted by: Llewel  | December 12, 2007 5:30 AM

Paul Nolan wrote...

How about the biggest bunch of mavericks ever, the WRU!

wilbach asks if 'mavericks' is the word that paul is thinking of...

Posted by: Paul Nolan  | December 12, 2007 7:52 PM

welshbob wrote...

Geoff Wheel - spasmodically
Springer - leprachaunically
Keith Wood - Festeringly
Tommy David - just mad!
Our winger Llandeilo RFC - Nickname Axeman - and very apt as well, if he couldn't have a fight with the opo would pick on the crowd - sometimes all of them! A true ledgend in his own A & E.

wilbach says - do you have a picture? or his email address?!

Posted by: welshbob  | December 14, 2007 3:49 PM

welshbob wrote...

Picture on it's way, wb. And it's a cracker! Looks like it was taken for the Broadmoor year book 1980! E-mail not available but you can get in contact via friends re-united site, I'll e-mail you details if you like! Not sure if you're being serious about this - but info available if you want it.

wilbach says - he sounds great! ta

Posted by: welshbob  | December 19, 2007 12:32 AM

john williams wrote...

Paul Ringer lately

an aside: what happened to Kembury?

wilbach ponders - hmmmm.... do you know, i've no idea. the last i remember of him was him injuring his back in a lineout warm-up for cardiff v neath at the knoll after he had transferred to the blue and blacks that season... he was great, though wasn't he! i remember (i think) him and a very young chris wyatt (is this right?! surely not. must be lack of sleep playing tricks with me mind...) having a pop at the yarpies. hmmm, not sure about wyatt, but kembers and the williams boys got right suck in to anything in a touring team. that much i DO remember.

john, i will try and find out for you. unless someone posts here first with info?

Posted by: john williams  | December 19, 2007 4:21 PM

Stuart Roy wrote...

Kembers was a tall young man with a big mop of blond hair when we played for the schoolboys. He had a passion for Pink Floyd, second hand mercs and according to the Neath boys wasn't very good at bullock wrestling (Brian Williams had to come to the rescue on a pre-season trip to France when Kembers was being gouged by a feisty young bull!!) Last seen minus the mop of hair and a few pounds heavier....

wilbach thanks mr roy and fondly recalls the legendary brian. pink floyd, eh... cheers!

Posted by: Stuart Roy  | December 21, 2007 1:02 PM

Big Col wrote...

Here's a link to a pic of the big man

http://www.colin-chapman.co.uk/neathrugby/newport271104.shtml

wilbach thanks Big Colin and directs him to stuart roy's comments above, too. (just had a look at the link. blimey: a) he's IS a big bugger still and b) where's the hair?! flowing locks, he had. Flowing they were.)

Posted by: Big Col  | December 21, 2007 7:04 PM

Big Col wrote...

Very big. The bloke next to him is 7 foot 4 and 34 stone!

wilbach gasps!

Posted by: Big Col  | December 22, 2007 12:34 PM