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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Robert Kitson

Legends of 1973 Barbarians come together for 50th anniversary

Gareth Edwards with his Barbarian shirt from the 1973 game against New Zealand and a specially commissioned painting.
Gareth Edwards with his Barbarian shirt from the 1973 game against New Zealand and a specially commissioned painting. Photograph: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans/Shutterstock

Even after 50 years few would dispute the BBC commentator Cliff Morgan’s verdict on rugby’s ultimate game. “If the greatest writer of the written word would’ve written that story no one would have believed it.”

Saturday, 27 January 1973 was the day the sport ascended to another level and Gareth Edwards’s classic try remains as famous a sporting moment as any.

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