Barry John
Born: 6th January 1945
Died: 4th February 2024
Age: 79
Category: Sport
Barry John was a Welsh rugby union fly-half.
Whilst at Llanelli, John was selected for the Wales national team (as a replacement for David Watkins) to face a touring Australian team.
In 1967, John left Llanelli RFC for Cardiff RFC where he formed a partnership with Gareth Edwards: one of the most famous half-back pairings in world rugby. From 1967, John and Edwards made an inseparable partnership with rugby selectors, being chosen to play together at all levels of the sport, for Cardiff, Wales, the Barbarians and in 1968 for the British Lions' tour of South Africa. The tour ended prematurely for John when he suffered a broken collarbone in the first Test match against the South African national team.
