Gareth THOMAS

Gareth Thomas - Wales - The 2005 Grand Slam

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 26 February 2005

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    • POSITION
      Winger/Centre/Full Back
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Thursday, 25 July 1974
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Ogwr, Wales
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Wales
    • CAREER DATES
      1995 - 2007
    • Debut
      Saturday, 27th May 1995 v Japan (Bloemfontein) won 57-10 (World Cup)
      (Aged: 20)
    • Total Caps
      100 International caps.
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Gareth THOMAS - Wales - The 2005 Grand Slam

5/2/2005 v England (Cardiff) W 11-9 (SN)
Gareth Thomas (capt); Hal Luscombe, Tom Shanklin,
Gavin Henson, Shane Williams; Stephen Jones,
Dwayne Peel; Gethin Jenkins, Mefin Davies, Adam
Jones, Brent Cockbain, Robert Sidoli, Dafydd Jones,
Martyn Williams, Michael Owen

Replacements: Kevin Morgan for Luscombe (65),
Gareth Cooper for Peel (61), John Yapp for Adam
Jones (74), Jonathan Thomas for Cockbain (73),
Ryan Jones for Dafydd Jones (64)

Tries: Shane Williams
Penalties: Stephen Jones, Gavin Henson

2005 v Italy (Rome) W 38-8 (SN)
Gareth Thomas (capt); Hal Luscombe, Tom Shanklin,
Gavin Henson, Shane Williams; Stephen Jones,
Dwayne Peel; Gethin Jenkins, Mefin Davies, Adam
Jones, Brent Cockbain, Robert Sidoli, Jonathan
Thomas, Martyn Williams, Michael Owen

Replacements: Kevin Morgan for Luscombe (54),
Gareth Cooper for Peel (57), Ceri Sweeney for
S. Jones (61), John Yapp for Adam Jones (62), Robin
McBryde for Davies (62), Ian Gough for Cockbain (62),
Robin Sowden-Taylor for M. Williams (75)
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Tries: Jonathan Thomas, Tom Shanklin, Martyn
Williams, Brent Cockbain, Shane Williams, Robert Sidoli
Conversions: Stephen Jones (4)

2005 v France (Paris) W 24-18 (SN)
Gareth Thomas (capt); Kevin Morgan, Tom Shanklin,
Gavin Henson, Shane Williams; Stephen Jones,
Dwayne Peel; Gethin Jenkins, Mefin Davies, Adam
Jones, Brent Cockbain, Robert Sidoli, Ryan Jones,
Martyn Williams, Michael Owen

Replacements: Rhys Williams for Thomas (41),
Ceri Sweeney for Morgan (53), Robin McBryde for
Davies (64), Gareth Cooper for Peel (67), John
Yapp for Adam Jones (67), Jonathan Thomas for
Ryan Jones (77)

Tries: Martyn Williams (2)
Conversions: Stephen Jones
Penalties: Stephen Jones (3)
Drop Goals: Stephen Jones

(The pictures above show Gareth in action during the superb 24-18 victory against France in the 2005 Six Nations Championship. Sadly for captain Thomas he suffered a broken thumb during the game and went on to miss the remaining two fixtures of the Grand Slam success, Wales' first for 27 years.)

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