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Shameful that Newport’s big day is in cold storage

Winners: Brian Jones and, below, ‘Dick’ Uzzell’s dropgoal goes over

Only four club teams have ever beaten the All Blacks and the greatest of those victories happened 54 years ago tomorrow in Newport. Swansea were the first in 1935, Llanelli the last in 1972 with Cardiff almost exactly between them in 1953. Epic occasions all three but any history student worth his liniment oil will understand why Newport’s tops the lot because theirs came against the mightiest of All Black touring teams, the one led by Sir Wilson Whineray during the winter of 1963-4.
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