Scarlets have been presented with two plaques to celebrate the role the club has played in ‘producing and nurturing’ players for the British & Irish Lions.
Representatives from Lions’ principal sponsors Howden visited Parc y Scarlets to hand over the plaques (one for Llanelli RFC and one for Scarlets) to head coach Dwayne Peel (Lion #739) and scrum-half Gareth Davies (#850).
The club are proud to have produced a glittering array of Lions during its illustrious history, from #14 William (WH) Thomas, who was part of the tour party to New Zealand and Australia in 1888, to the most recent players to pull on the famous red jersey, Ken Owens, Josh Adams, Wyn Jones, Liam Williams, Tadhg Beirne and Gareth Davies.
Dwayne was the youngest Lion on the 2005 tour to New Zealand, while Gareth was part of the 2017 tour to New Zealand and the Covid-impacted series in South Africa four years ago.
Some of the greats of Scarlets rugby are inscribed on the plaques – including Lewis Jones, Terry Davies, Delme Thomas, our president Derek Quinnell, Phil Bennett, Ray Gravell, JJ Williams and Jonathan Davies, player of the series in 2017.
Howden have been visiting clubs across the country to deliver the Origin Club plaques to officially recognise for the first time the irreplaceable role they play in every Lion’s journey to the top.
The plaques will be taking pride of place for supporters to view at Parc y Scarlets.
Lions Roll of Honour
Scarlets
#666 Scott Quinnell; #700 Mark Taylor; #705 Robin McBryde; #708 Dafydd James; #711 Lee Byrne; #739 Dwayne Peel; #745 Stephen Jones; #746 Simon Easterby; #753 Lee Byrne; #756 Matthew Rees; #762 Mike Phillips; #775 Leigh Halfpenny; #778 Jonathan Davies; #792 George North; #829 Ken Owens; #833 Liam Williams; #836 Josh Adams; #838 Tadhg Beirne; #850 Gareth Davies.
Llanelli RFC
#14 William Thomas; #110 Rhys Gabe; #219 Rowe Harding; #257 Ivor Jones; #275 Tommy Jones-Davies; #300 Bill Clement; #315 Elvet Jones; #354 Lewis Jones; #366 Alun Thomas; #368 Rhys Williams; #399 Terry Davies; #415 Ken Jones; #429 Keith Rowlands; #454 Delme Thomas; #461 Terry Price; #463 Gerald Davies; #473 Barry John; #490 Chico Hopkins; #493 Derek Quinnell; #505 Geoff Evans; #506 Phil Bennett; #507 Roy Bergiers; #508 Tommy David; #512 Clive Rees; #523 JJ Williams; #541 Gareth Evans; #543 Alan Martin; #552 Gareth Davies; #553 Ray Gravell; #556 Peter Morgan; #616 Ieuan Evans; #666 Scott Quinnell; #705 Robin McBryde; #708 Dafydd James; #735 Gavin Henson; #739 Dwayne Peel; #745 Stephen Jones; #746 Simon Easterby; #753 Lee Byrne; #762 Mike Phillips; #778 Jonathan Davies; #829 Ken Owens; #833 Liam Williams; #836 Josh Adams; #842 Wyn Jones; #850 Gareth Davies.
