Tom SHANKLIN

Tom Shanklin - Wales - The 2005 Grand Slam

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 19 March 2005

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    • POSITION
      Centre/Winger
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Saturday, 24 November 1979
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Harrow, England
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Wales
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Tom SHANKLIN - 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)

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

2005 v Scotland (Murrayfield) W 46-22 (SN)
Kevin Morgan; Rhys Williams, 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 (capt)

Replacements: Robin McBryde for Davies (50),
John Yapp for Adam Jones (63), Hal Luscombe
for Rhys Williams (68), Jonathan Thomas for
Cockbain (71), Ceri Sweeney for Henson (76)

Tries: Ryan Jones, Rhys Williams (2), Shane
Williams, Kevin Morgan (2)
Conversions: Stephen Jones (5)
Penalties: Stephen Jones (2)

2005 v Ireland (Cardiff) W 32-20 (SN)
Kevin Morgan; Mark Taylor, 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 (capt)

Replacements: Robin McBryde for Davies (69),
John Yapp for Adam Jones (67)

Tries: Gethin Jenkins, Kevin Morgan
Conversions: Stephen Jones (2)
Penalties: Gavin Henson, Stephen Jones (4)
Drop Goals: Gavin Henson

(The pictures above show Tom in full flow during
the unforgettable 32-30 success against Ireland
which ended 27 long years of waiting for the Welsh
to celebrate another Grand Slam. Shanklin was one
of three players - Robert Sidoli and Martyn Williams being the other two - who played all five games in the Slam and all five matches two years previously when Wales failed to win a single point - a quite remarkable turnaround in fortunes in such a short space of time.)


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