0:00:11 > 0:00:151972 was a testing year for Great Britain.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16The miners' strike, leading to power cuts
0:00:16 > 0:00:20and lengthy blackouts throughout the country.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24It ultimately led to the downfall of Ted Heath's Conservative government.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Later that year,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28work on the infamous Spaghetti Junction near Birmingham
0:00:28 > 0:00:32was completed at a cost of nearly £10 million.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36On the rugby pitch, Wales were undergoing something of a revival.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40The previous year, they'd won their first Grand Slam since 1952.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49And many of those Grand Slammers reaped the rewards of their success.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52A great season for me, I suppose, because on the back of that,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I went with a lot of the Welsh boys to New Zealand
0:00:55 > 0:00:57on a three and a bit month tour
0:00:57 > 0:01:02with the British Lions, so I was lucky to be in a good side there
0:01:02 > 0:01:04and get noticed and get plenty of ball.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Bevan went on to score a record equalling 17 tries in New Zealand
0:01:09 > 0:01:12as the Lions won the series.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'Good stuff from John Bevan.'
0:01:14 > 0:01:16The Welsh contingent returned home buoyant
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and were confident of retaining their Five Nations crown.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Things started brightly at Twickenham.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23# Bobby's all right
0:01:23 > 0:01:24# Bobby's all right... #
0:01:24 > 0:01:27But after that, it was back to Cardiff,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29where the Scots were dispatched with ease
0:01:29 > 0:01:33and the crowd bore witness to one of the most iconic tries of the era.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36A kick ahead by Edwards. Can he score?
0:01:36 > 0:01:40It would be a miracle if he could. He may well get there...
0:01:40 > 0:01:41And he has.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The sheer magic of Gareth Edwards has brought
0:01:48 > 0:01:50the whole of this stadium to its feet.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02So, after two wins from two, confidence was high.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Next up were the French in Cardiff, who'd had a mixed campaign to date.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Hello. Well, April in Paris may be magnificent
0:02:21 > 0:02:24but the thousands of Frenchmen who are in Wales today
0:02:24 > 0:02:27are finding that March in Cardiff has its charms, too.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Leading up to France, we played a good bit of rugby again,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35so we weren't going to change our style in any way.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38They were also a very good side. A bit like the Welsh, in many ways.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43They'd the confidence to put the ball into space and take people on.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Not afraid to make mistakes.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Sometimes, sides are great, but they don't want to make mistakes
0:02:48 > 0:02:50so they play a percentage game.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54That wasn't the French way, and it certainly wasn't the Welsh way then.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Villepreux says they're ready.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59John Taylor kicks blindside.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07And that really is a thumping psychological blow
0:03:07 > 0:03:09right at the start of this match.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The pressure immediately on the Frenchman,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19right at the very start of this match.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Sillieres, their left wing, prepares to throw in.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Knocked back by Claude Spanghero.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28The French forwards holding it -
0:03:28 > 0:03:31they didn't want to throw the ball back wildly there.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33And a Welshman has got offside.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37It may have been Delme Thomas on the wrong side of the ball.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40And that's a very cute counter by the French
0:03:40 > 0:03:43as Pierre Villepreux takes the penalty.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53And it'll be Gerald Davies to throw in for Wales.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57The little fellow who has scored two tries
0:03:57 > 0:04:00in each of three internationals...
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Knocked by Mervyn Davies, that long pass to John.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06This is Arthur Lewis.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08He gives it to Bergiers.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Bergiers, can he make the line?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Fine tackle there by Barrau two yards out from the French line.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Fed to Gareth Edwards. A great chance for Bevan...
0:04:20 > 0:04:23but he'll have to come back.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27What a disappointment for John Bevan and, obviously,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31it had been a Welsh infringement that prevented the try.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Ten minutes of the first half over. No scoring.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Territorial advantage to Wales,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40but it's a penalty against them here, for, I think, foot up.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46And, yes, I was going to say,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I wouldn't be surprised if he tries a shot at goal.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Now, this has certainly sent a few gasps of surprise
0:04:54 > 0:04:57round this huge crowd. This is Pierre Villepreux.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00That's halfway, which means,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02because he's almost in front of the posts,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04that he's got to kick this ball
0:05:04 > 0:05:07something like 58 yards to reach the posts.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Villepreux, of course, is one of the biggest place kickers in the game.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18He kicked a place goal from 70 yards in New Zealand.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24One of the most prolific points scorers in French rugby history.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30And this certainly would be a captain's effort,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32if he could put his side ahead.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Villepreux...
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Big, long, high...
0:05:44 > 0:05:4611 minutes of the match gone.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Pierre Villepreux gives first blood to France.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Edwards... Barry John...
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Biemouret couldn't hold it, but Skrela does on his own 25.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Dave Morris, just beaten to it. A pick-up by Taylor.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08But it's been nudged forward.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Well, John Taylor - Lions colleagues called him Basil Brush -
0:06:14 > 0:06:16he's a fearsome looking fellow
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and he made up his mind there
0:06:18 > 0:06:21that the Frenchman was going to know he was fierce as well.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25At the French 25.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Penalty, I think, against Benesis, the hooker,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39and here Villepreux comes up to find out what the infringement was.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Barry John, then, with a great chance to level the scores.
0:06:57 > 0:06:5915 minutes of the first half gone.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Barry Johns' penalty ties the score at three points all
0:07:03 > 0:07:05and hoists his own total for Wales to 81 points.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Delme Thomas gets it. Edwards, to Barry John.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15He picked that one out there. This is Lewis, Bergiers.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Williams in the line, John Bevan trying to run inside Duprat.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Trying to find John Williams.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Williams to Lewis. Biemouret has Lewis.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26The ball had been knocked forward.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The first quarter of the match over, 20 minutes gone,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37three points all, a penalty goal each.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40They are ten yards outside the French 25.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44A penalty against Benesis again, I think,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47for either dipping too low or being too quick.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Barry John, then.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13And a little further with his second penalty goal puts Wales ahead 6-3,
0:08:13 > 0:08:1521 minutes of the first half over.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Their first shot and line-out in the match.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Esteve, Claude Spanghero.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25And Dauga bumps to Barrau.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Must have been a bit of pushing, I think.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Once again, Barry John. Look, he changes to the left foot.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It's a big kick, sliced it a little. That's Sillieres...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Sillieres, trying to run past Mervyn Davies.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Berot, magnificent pass to Maso.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56This is Lux. Lux is over halfway.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58This is for Duprat.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01John, astonishingly, had dropped straight back for the touchdown.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07It was a wonderful French movement, a difficult French movement.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Now, that's the French 25.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Watch for this pass, not from Sillieres,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14but this one, from Berot.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18He took and gave in a split second, and that released Maso.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21The big occasion gets everybody else excited,
0:09:21 > 0:09:26but not B John Esq, late of Llanelli, now of Cardiff.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Roy Bergiers, I'm delighted to say, fit again.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Barry John drops out to restart.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Claude Spanghero and Esteve go up.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Delme Thomas to John Lloyd,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54to Edwards, inside to Jeff Young.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The counter attack by Biemouret.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Esteve going for it, but Delme Thomas got a boot to it first.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09That's Delme Thomas, treble British Lion on three British Lions tours.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The first one, before he'd been capped for Wales.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Barrau to Berot.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Gerald Davies.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Sillieres, caught by John Williams and Gerald Davies.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26In goes Skrela, the flank forward. A pick-up by Dave Morris.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Tackled by Biemouret.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The pick-up and feed out by Lewis to Barry John, to Bergiers.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34There's a half overlap here.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Bergiers, tackled by Barrau.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40And Villepreux saves as Bevan chases.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Bevan throwing. Dauga got to it.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Barrau...
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Mervyn Davies, fettled by Esteve, number five.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And Esteve was offside
0:11:03 > 0:11:07and approaching within ten yards of an opponent waiting for the ball.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Barry John with another penalty attempt.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23And it's virtually the same place in the same angle
0:11:23 > 0:11:25as for his last successful kick.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Is it slanting in?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36CROWD CHEERS
0:11:41 > 0:11:469 points to 3, Wales lead. About 11 minutes or so to go to half-time.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Barry John has hoisted his points tally for Wales to 87,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54only one behind the Welsh record held by Jack Bancroft.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58They're almost on halfway.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Offside against Dave Morris.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I was going to say, there will be some fun and games on here,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18but it's the goal kick.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21You notice, he's kicking into the breeze.
0:12:21 > 0:12:27Not very strong, but certainly, a factor in a kick of this distance,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29a kick of 55 to the halfway line,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32plus one, plus a bit more for the angle.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Pierre Villepreux...
0:12:40 > 0:12:41It's another monstrous kick.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45That's incredible!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54That is absolutely astonishing.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And that's the kind of effect it's had on the French supporters here.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It cuts the deficit to nine points to six in Wales's favour,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07seven minutes to go to half-time.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Duprat. Delme Thomas. Edwards.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Huge pass to John.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15On the overlap, Bergiers to Lewis. Williams in the line.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18This is Gerald Davies, trying to run outside Sillieres.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It's a great kick, but John Taylor looked a bit in front.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Could be a try for John Williams.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29But he must have knocked it forward.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Gareth Edwards, with the longest pass in rugby at the moment.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36This is Barrau, Frenchmen over, inside to Berot.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39A good bit of acceleration there.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Dauga is up after it. That's Dauga, gives it to Claude Spanghero.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44They're into their 25.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Out to Benesis. A try for Sillieres, is it?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Good tackle there with Gerald Davies and Gareth Edwards both there.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Sillieres thought he had it down.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04It was Gerald Davies who pulled him over.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07You notice the ball didn't actually get down.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11On the Welsh ten yard line.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Benesis, going round the front.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- WHISTLE BLOWS - Helped by Esteve.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20The referee's whistle goes for half-time.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22We've had five penalty goals.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24It's 9 points to 6.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I think that's a fair reflection of play.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I feel that the Welshmen have had more of the pressure,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33but certainly it's a game that either side can win and
0:14:33 > 0:14:35everything's going to depend on
0:14:35 > 0:14:38what must be a tremendously exciting second half.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46This is Biemouret, gives it to Claude Spanghero,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48again to Biemouret, over the 25.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52The French, waxing stronger here as Dauga drives in,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55but a counter kick by Gareth Edwards.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Villepreux could well drop a goal here.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01No, he got underneath it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Bergiers waits.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Calls for the mark.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Perhaps he could've ran out but it was a defensive position.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Oh, he's sliced that one.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Dauga waits.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Dauga to Villepreux.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23There's the kind of switch the French are masters at. This is Maso.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Maso looking inside for Duprat.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Barry John is underneath it. Esteve is there. Biemouret knocks him over.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Gerald Davies tackled by Berot!
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Mervyn Davies in two yards from the Welsh line.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37John Williams thundering forward.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42But they're only ten yards from the Welsh line.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43It's Edwards to Barry John.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49And Barry John gets the credit,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51but the real credit went to the Welsh forwards
0:15:51 > 0:15:55who won that maul ball...
0:15:55 > 0:15:57crucially, so near the danger area.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Ten yards outside the Welsh 25.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Edwards hurried into that pass.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Barry John picking that beautifully off his toe.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08There's a chance here.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It depends on whether Bevan can get a bounce or not.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Duprat using his pace.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Bevan, and a chance for Dave Morris!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20But the referee has blown
0:16:20 > 0:16:22and the touch judge's flag is up,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25and everybody here is most annoyed.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Dave Morris of Neath has been deprived of a try.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Was it in touch?
0:16:31 > 0:16:36I wouldn't have thought so, but the touch judge was only two yards away.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41There hasn't been a strike against the head so far in this match.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Benesis must be worried, because, if he gets his foot up
0:16:46 > 0:16:49too quickly here, or dips down too low,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51it could be another penalty goal.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The first one against the head. To Barry John.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56To Lewis.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Lewis almost to the line...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00It must be a score for Gerald Davies!
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Watch for the switch pass, that was the thing that did it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Then this thrust by Lewis.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19He's not the fastest centre in the world but he made the overlap.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And Gerald Davies broke the Villepreux tackle.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25But that's a handy try indeed for Wales.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29They're ahead now by 13 points to 6.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Ten minutes of the second half over.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Over the top to Barrau. Gives it to Spanghero.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38To Dauga.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40That's a good bit of work,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43but Azarete absolutely flattened by Barry Llewelyn.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45And penalised, I think, for not releasing.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55But it's a Welsh forward who was hurt in that clash.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04The Welsh and French substitutes are up in there
0:18:04 > 0:18:06in the players' and officials' box.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12And Derek Quinnell, who is amongst the Welsh replacements,
0:18:12 > 0:18:17has never yet got his chance for Wales.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20And for the moment, he's got to be patient.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Mervyn Davies all right.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27Barry John pushes Wales up to within 12 yards of the French 25.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Mervyn Davies, number 8, John Taylor, 7.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Penalty again, against Wales, I think
0:18:38 > 0:18:41for getting in front of the ball before it's left the line out.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Barrau to Lux.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44To Esteve.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46To Dauga.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It was knocked down by Bergiers.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50This is Berot, the stand-off half.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Berot, Dauga, Villepreux.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59John Williams waits on his own ten yards line.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03He loves to take them on, this lad.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06That was high.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Dauga is being penalised.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Bevan throws. John Taylor pushes...
0:19:14 > 0:19:17John Lloyd is tackled by Biemouret.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20That's John Lloyd, the Welsh skipper, number 1.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Ten yards outside the French 25.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I wonder what was wrong with that one.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- CHEERING - Is it because...
0:19:47 > 0:19:52- CHUCKLING:- The referee is always the butt of the crowd's amusement!
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Penalty against Barrau for not straight.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01That could be a very important mistake indeed,
0:20:01 > 0:20:07because Barry John has a kick well within his range and from the
0:20:07 > 0:20:10correct side of the field, because he'll attempt
0:20:10 > 0:20:13with his right foot to draw it in from that right upright.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Barry John, then!
0:20:24 > 0:20:30And Barry John, apart from putting Wales ahead by 16 points to 6,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32with about 12 minutes of the match to go,
0:20:32 > 0:20:38now becomes the Welsh player with the record number of points,
0:20:38 > 0:20:45beating Jack Bancroft's record of 88, Barry John now with 90.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Barrau with a little kick.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Gerald Davies. Barry John.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Bergiers. This is Bevan.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Now, Bevan would run through a barn door.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58He hands-off Duprat. He's over the 25.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It's a race with Villepreux.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Bevan has scored!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It was the pass from Gerald Davies that started it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Now watch how young Bergiers gave it quickly,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and how Bevan changed his direction twice.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23The pulverising hand-off, the perfect kick ahead
0:21:23 > 0:21:25and the pace of the young man.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29And that's the happy young John Bevan.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Wales now well in command, leading by 20 points to 6,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37with seven, eight minutes of the match to go.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40He's decided to kick for placement.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47John Williams.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Duprat.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Dauga.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Spanghero.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Hands-off Bergiers.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Delaying. The interception by John Lloyd.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Mervyn Davies.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Gareth Edwards. He's almost over the 25.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16A magnificent tackle by Barrau, the French scrum-half.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Gerald Davies restarts.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19This is Barry Llewelyn.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Now it's come alight,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24as John Williams is tackled by Lux.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Dauga goes in for it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28So does Maso.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And so does Bergiers.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38And Mervyn Davies, who's in trouble there, has been struggling on a bit.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41There's no doubt that for the last quarter of an hour or so,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45he's been feeling that damage he got in an early collision.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49And, of course,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52the happy situation of Wales in the lead by 20 points to 6.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Going into injury time. And Mervyn Davies is going off.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01And this is a fascinating situation.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Because it's a question of who comes on?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Is it going to be Derek Quinnell?
0:23:09 > 0:23:10We're into injury time
0:23:10 > 0:23:14and if a replacement comes on at all, then he's got his cap.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20And Derek Quinnell, who's been so near his cap for so long,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24could well come on to put his name in the book.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29A great ovation for Mervyn Davies who gives nothing short of 100%.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Derek Quinnell standing by.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It's a question of whether the Welsh selectors feel
0:23:40 > 0:23:43he should go on or not at this stage of the match.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46We've played almost three minutes into injury time.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52And imagine the feelings of Derek Quinnell, knowing that, if he
0:23:52 > 0:23:56gets onto this field, he's got his cap, no matter what else happened.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- CHUCKLING:- Edwards...and Biemouret having a slight misunderstanding.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Back to Barry John.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Duprat.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14John Williams chasing up that time.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16And you can see how keen Derek Quinnell is
0:24:16 > 0:24:17to get onto this field.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20"Get out the way!", he says to the policemen.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21LOUD CHEERING
0:24:21 > 0:24:23And listen to this roar for Quinnell!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29And that's one of the great moments
0:24:29 > 0:24:31of this international championship campaign.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Derek Quinnell, a British Lion before he gets his Welsh cap,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and he's waited so long.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40At last, he gets his Welsh cap.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Thomas. Edwards to Barry John.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Bergiers to Lewis. Williams again in the line, out to Gerald Davies.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Davies trying to come inside Sillieres.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01And Quinnell has it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07He's a great tank of a forward, this. A great utility man, Quinnell.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Can play in the middle row, as a number eight, as a flank forward.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17And he takes Dauga.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19This is Spanghero.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Esteve - the lock forward.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Biemouret again. Spanghero once more.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Now the switch from Barrau.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31To Berot.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Villepreux.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Dauga - out at centre.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Well tackled by Bergiers again.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Benesis thrown away by Quinnell.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43The referee's whistle goes for no side.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And by one, two minutes only,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Derek Quinnell gains his cap.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54Wales have won a famous victory by 20 points to 6.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Barry John... Bergiers.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It was a convincing win for Wales and a memorable one for John Bevan.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06But despite his valuable contribution,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09he remains modest in the extreme.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14It wasn't characteristic, I don't think,
0:26:14 > 0:26:15because I never kicked the ball.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18If I kicked the ball it went the opposite way I wanted to kick it.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I had a hell of a lot of luck with the bounce.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24It's about the only kick I've ever kicked that actually bounced up
0:26:24 > 0:26:28nicely for me and I scored a try so, I was delighted with that.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31The ongoing troubles in Northern Ireland meant that the France
0:26:31 > 0:26:35game was Wales's last in the 1972 Five Nations.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Neither Wales nor Scotland were willing to travel to Dublin
0:26:38 > 0:26:40to fulfil their fixtures.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Wales finished top of the table
0:26:41 > 0:26:44but the championship was declared incomplete.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47It was a strange feeling for me personally.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51I thought, "Are we still a good team?" Obviously we were,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54we won three games but it seemed a bit incomplete that we
0:26:54 > 0:26:58couldn't have gone to Ireland, they might have beaten us, who knows?
0:26:58 > 0:27:02We were playing quite well, but we didn't get the opportunity
0:27:02 > 0:27:04and we never will obviously so...
0:27:04 > 0:27:05But then that's the way it goes,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08as I said, at the time those decisions were made
0:27:08 > 0:27:10and you've just got to go with them.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15But a chance to prove their worth came later in the year
0:27:15 > 0:27:16when they took on New Zealand.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19John touched down again but it was ultimately in vain.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Bevan over the 25. What a run.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And it's a try for Bevan.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29But a month later in a game many viewed as a Lions-All Blacks
0:27:29 > 0:27:33rematch, John Bevan was a member of an all-star cast that took its
0:27:33 > 0:27:35place in the history books.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Brilliant, oh, that is brilliant.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40John Williams, Brian Williams.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Pullin.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44John Dawes.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Great dummy.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Tom Davies. The halfway line.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Brilliant by Quinnell.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57This is Gareth Edwards. A dramatic spurt. What a score!
0:27:58 > 0:28:01He may not have played his part in that try, but John Bevan did
0:28:01 > 0:28:05score one of his own that helped put the result beyond doubt.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Burgess.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Oh, interception by Quinnell.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Here's Dawes. This is John Bevan.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Williams can't get him, so strong this fellow. What a try!
0:28:19 > 0:28:22I was glad to get a try that day, to be honest.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It wasn't my best game ever.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It's just fantastic being part of the game, to be honest.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Just a tremendous occasion.