Charlie Faulkner

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Charlie Faulkner was rugby union player of the 1970's and later a rugby coach.

He was born Anthony George Faulkner in Newport, Monmouthshire in February 1941.

[edit] Wales Caps

He played his rugby as a Prop forward for Pontypool RFC in their heyday in the 1970's and attained 19 caps for Wales, making his international debut in 1975, was a 1977 British Lion and later coached Newport.

[edit] The Pontypool Front Row

With Bobby Windsor and Graham Price he became part of the Pontypool Front Row.

He was a Judo Black Belt and a steelworker by trade - both factors conjoining to make him a formidable scrummager who was mobile in the looose, able to score tries even at international level, a true sportsman and a fearsome opponent.

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