Tony Gray (rugby union)

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Tony Gray
Birth nameAnthony John Gray
Date of birth (1942-06-14) 14 June 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Newbridge
London Welsh.
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1968 Wales 2 (0)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
1985–1988 Wales

Anthony John Gray (born 14 June 1942 in Stoke-on-Trent), [1] is a former Wales international rugby union player and former head coach of the Wales national rugby union team. A flanker, he played his club rugby for Newbridge and London Welsh. As a coach he took the Welsh team to third place in the inaugural Rugby World Cup, a feat not yet equalled.

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