Player

Mervyn Davies - Back row

Swansea
Back
Mervyn Davies
Height194
Weight93
Date Of Birth09/12/1946
Place Of BirthSwansea
EducationPenlan County School
ClubsSwansea, London Welsh
RegionsWest Glamorgan, Surrey
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions, Wales RU U25
InvitationalBarbarians
Date Of Birth: 09/12/1946 (63)
Place Of Birth: Swansea
Height: 194cm / 6'4"
Weight: 93kg / 14st 9lbs
Playing Career
Clubs: Swansea / London Welsh
Education: Penlan County School (Wales)
Regions: Surrey / West Glamorgan
Invitational: Barbarians
Honours: British and Irish Lions / Wales U25 / Wales

'Merve The Swerve' as he was universally known, played 38 times for Wales winning his first cap v Scotland in 1969 and was on the losing side only 9 times. Instantly recognisable with his trademark white head bandaging and moustache, Mervyn was an intelligent reader of the game with an uncanny sense of anticipation enabling him always to arrive first at the breakdown. An athletic jumper at the tail of the lineout, he was the controlling factor at the back of the scrum for Wales and the British & Irish Lions where his lanky figure belied great strength in the maul. He was a key figure in the successful Lions tour to New Zealand in 1971 while with London Welsh and South Africa in 1974 while playing for Swansea. He captained The Whites in 1975-76. It was when captaining Swansea v Pontypool in a 1976 cup game that he suffered a brain haemorrhage ending a career that would surely have seen him captain the 1977 Lions. With distributive skills second to none, he still stands for many as the finest No8 produced by Wales. He played his last game for Wales v France in 1976 and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001.

COMPETITION PLAYED T C P DG PTS YC RC
1975-1976 WRU Challenge Cup 4 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974-1975 WRU Challenge Cup 2 + 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
1975 Australia Tour of British Isles & USA 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973-1974 WRU Challenge Cup 3 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972-1973 WRU Challenge Cup 5 + 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
1973 Australia Tour of England & Wales 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 Fiji Tour of UK & Canada 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0