John Faull
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John Faull was a Welsh
international number 8 who played club rugby for Swansea
. He won twelve caps for Wales
and was selected to play in the British Lions
on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand
. His father, Wilfred Faull, was an international rugby referee and was president of the Welsh Rugby Union
in the 1960s.
and Clem Thomas
and he kicked two penalty goals scoring all Swansea's points in a memorable 6-6 draw.
Faull made his Wales debut in the 1957 Five Nations Championship
in a narrow win against Ireland. It was a difficult match played in terrible muddy conditions, and in the second half the entire Welsh team were allowed to retire to the changing rooms to change their kit to allow the referee to distinguish the teams. His second game for Wales was in the same tournament against France, and Faull scored his first international points when he scored a try
. Faull played a total of twelve games for Wales including the 1958 test match against the touring Australians.
In 1959 he was selected to tour with the 1959 British Lions, and played in four test matches, one against Australia and three against New Zealand.
British Lions 1959 1959, 1959, 1959
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
international number 8 who played club rugby for Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
. He won twelve caps for Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
and was selected to play in the British Lions
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
on the 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand
1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
In 1959 the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost the international series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. They also played two matches in Canada, on the return leg of the journey.Although New Zealand...
. His father, Wilfred Faull, was an international rugby referee and was president of the Welsh Rugby Union
Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...
in the 1960s.
Rugby career
Faull joined Swansea in October 1953 at the age of twenty. In December of that year he was chosen to face the touring New Zealand team alongside Len BlythLen Blyth
Leonard 'Len' Blyth was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea. He captained Swansea and played in three international games for Wales which saw him become a Grand Slam winner....
and Clem Thomas
Clem Thomas
Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas was a international rugby union player. A flanker, he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity Match in 1949 and played for Brynamman, Swansea, London Welsh and Harlequins. He earned 26 caps for Wales, between 1949 and 1959 and captained Wales...
and he kicked two penalty goals scoring all Swansea's points in a memorable 6-6 draw.
Faull made his Wales debut in the 1957 Five Nations Championship
1957 Five Nations Championship
The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played...
in a narrow win against Ireland. It was a difficult match played in terrible muddy conditions, and in the second half the entire Welsh team were allowed to retire to the changing rooms to change their kit to allow the referee to distinguish the teams. His second game for Wales was in the same tournament against France, and Faull scored his first international points when he scored a try
Try
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
. Faull played a total of twelve games for Wales including the 1958 test match against the touring Australians.
In 1959 he was selected to tour with the 1959 British Lions, and played in four test matches, one against Australia and three against New Zealand.
Personal life
John Faull married Anne Munday on 1 November 1959. They had 3 children; Jonathan Faull, Isobel Davies and Antonia Watkins. They now have 6 grandchildren. They still live in Wales; in Old Walls, Gower.International matches played
Wales 1958 1958, 1959, 1960 1957, 1958, 1960 1957, 1958, 1959 1958, 1959British Lions 1959 1959, 1959, 1959