FORMER Wales and British and Irish Lions prop John O’Shea died last week in Australia aged 83 after a lengthy illness.
O’Shea, who won five Wales caps, made his Test debut against Scotland in February 1967. He was selected for the 1968 Lions tour to South Africa, where he became the first Lion to be sent off after punching an Eastern Transvaal player in retaliation for the targeting of Lions scrum-half Roger Young, while there was an infamous melee as he walked off the pitch after a spectator then struck the departing prop.
O’Shea played eight games on tour includ...