Terence John Cobner (born 10 January 1946)
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player and British Lion. He was born in

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and lives in

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Welsh international and British Lion

A back row forward, or flanker, he scored a try on his debut against

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in 1974 at the age of 28, and went on to gain a total of 19 caps for

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and score a total of two tries, the second coming against

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in 1975. Cobner also captained Wales against

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in his final appearances in 1978. He toured with the British Lions in 1977 to

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where he played in three of the four tests, and virtually took over as captain of the tour from

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in its latter stages.

Pontypool captain for ten years

He played his club rugby for

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from 1968 till 1981 and was captain of the side for 10 consecutive seasons from 1970 to 1979.

References

1946 births Living people Barbarian F.C. players Blaenavon RFC players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Teachers of Oundle School People educated at West Monmouth School Pontypool RFC players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Blaenavon Wales international rugby union players Wales rugby union captains Welsh rugby union players Welsh schoolteachers {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub