The Scarlets will honour the memory of the late Phil Bennett this September by playing an historic fixture against the Barbarians in Llanelli.
Llanelli and Scarlets legend Bennett, who sadly passed away a year ago today, produced a host of memorable moments in the scarlet of his home town and the black and white hoops of the Baa-Baas, most notably his dazzling, side-stepping run that launched ‘the greatest try of all time’ against the All Blacks in 1973.
The 1974 and 1977 British & Irish Lions tourist played 20 times for the Barbarians, the second highest by any Welshman and bettered only by another Llanelli great RH Williams, with 22 appearances. He also scored 181 points, played against Scotland, Fiji, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (twice) and captained the club on 10 occasions.
