| Description | The big sheet has notes on the reverse regarding the match, which also mention Bill McLaren's chat with Ronnie Kavanagh and a Jeep trip with Rees Stephens. It is accompanied by notes, a score sheet, a programme and an account of McLaren's expenses. The bundle also includes pages and cuttings from the South Wales Echo, the Sports and Football Echo, The Daily Telegraph and other unidentified newspapers concerning this match and rugby in Ireland and Wales, including reports about a number of Irish Rugby matches in 1970 and 1971. One of the cuttings is a report on the 14 March 1970 match by McLaren entitled 'Irish opportunism against Welsh'. The pages from a South Wales Echo of 14 February 1970 are marked with a note from John Jones to Bill [McLaren] highlighting an article concerning Brian Price.
This match was part of the Five Nations Championship. The score was Ireland 14 - 0 Wales. The big sheet records:
Ireland
Team: Tom Kiernan, Alan Duggan, Barrie Bresnihan, Mike Gibson, William James 'Bill' Brown, Barrie McGann [Barry McGann], Roger Young, Syd Millar, Ken Kennedy, Phil O'Callaghan, Willie John McBride, Mick Molloy, Ronnie Lamont, Ken Goodall and Fergus Slattery.
Replacements: Barry O'Driscoll, Liam Hall, Frank O'Driscoll, Paddy Madigan, Sean Lynch and Terry Moore.
Wales
Team: John Williams, Stuart Watkins, John Dawes, Billy Raybould, Keith Hughes, Barry John, Gareth Edwards, Barrie Llewellyn [Llewelyn], Jeff Young, Denzil Williams, Delme Thomas, Geoff Evans, Dave Morris, Mervyn Davies and Dennis Hughes.
Replacements: Robin Williams, Phil Bennett, Ray Hopkins, John Lloyd, Vic Perrins and Stuart Gallagher [Gallacher].
Referee: Air Commodore G. C. 'Larry' Lamb.
Assistant referees / touch judges: D. P. D'Arcy and W. Hitchings. |