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Barry John RIP

Darty Valiant
Darty Valiant Posts: 618
in Other Football and Sports
RIP

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    One time Welsh Rugby Union Wizard .. R I P
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    Just a matter of a couple of weeks after JPR's passing

    RIP
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Fantastic player, one of the all time greats. His form for the Lions was brilliant. RIP BJ10
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    RIP. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,617
    RIP King John
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    One of the greatest. RIP
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    One of the games all time greats.

    RIP…..Barry…..RIP.

  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,770
    edited February 2024
    I met him in 1977 in the clubhouse of Bath RFC when I played Rugby, worked and lived down there. What a player he was. RIP Barry. 
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Pedro45 said:
    Fantastic player, one of the all time greats. His form for the Lions was brilliant. RIP BJ10
    I saw the Lions when they played a provincial match against Wellington in 1971.  His combination with Gareth Edward’s at halfback was magical and great to watch.  The Lions racked up about 40 points and I remember a yobbo behind me call out just wait till you meet the All Blacks.  The Lions won the series 2-1  and I remember Barry John jinking all over the field without a hand being laid on him.  There was some quote at the time about him skipping through a field of daffodils.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,782
    Made some iconic James Bond themes. R.I.P
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited February 2024
    Amazing that both Barry John and George Best's fantastic careers at the top were over by the time they were 27.

    Barry John retired and Best decided that he had other interests so football became less important to him and Drink and women took priority as his career slipped after leaving United.

    RIP Barry John.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,898
    The greatest number 10  RIP 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,841
    But now the belts are empty,
    came a sadness with the dawn.
    And the body-press is idle,
    and the valley's blinds are drawn.
    Disaster struck this morning
    when a fitter's mate named Ron
    Cracked the mould of solid gold,
    that once made Barry John.

    The greatest outside half the glorious game has ever known.

    RIP Legend

  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,435
    Fantastic talent.

    RIP
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    and his name will always be bracketed with Gareth Edwards, two rugby geniuses in an era when rugby was a very different game to what it it today .. again, R I P Barry John
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,579
    Lincsaddick said:
    and his name will always be bracketed with Gareth Edwards, two rugby geniuses in an era when rugby was a very different game to what it it today .. again, R I P Barry John
    Very different players looked small compared to now, RIP Barry John.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,898
    Absolutely incredible that Wales could produce David Watkins, Barry John and Phil Bennett one after the other 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Fantastic player. Shame he retired so early but he'd done everything in the game available to him at that time.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,142
    A real flair player when rugby wasn't the game it is today. RIP 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Barry John: The guile and tries that made him a rugby superstar - BBC Sport
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  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,898
    Lincsaddick said:
    Barry John: The guile and tries that made him a rugby superstar - BBC Sport
    Thanks for that 

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