The price of owning a piece of history
NEWS: The Barbarians jersey worn by Wales great Gareth Edwards when he scored what is widely acclaimed as the greatest try set a new world-record price when it sold for £240,000 (US$287,000) at auction.
On January 27, 1973, Edwards finished off a stunning seven-man move that had started near the other goal line to open the scoring in the invitational team’s celebrated 23-11 win over New Zealand in Cardiff.
The former scrumhalf had decided to put his black-and-white hooped No.9 shirt from the game under the hammer along with other tops.
The Barbarians jersey was among 39 lots that could generate more than £400,000.
“It is the shirt off the back of the man consistently voted the greatest player of all time who scored the greatest try of all time in a game that many believe to be the best game of all time,” said Ben Rogers Jones of Rogers Jones Auctioneers & Valuers.
“It is one of the most significant rugby jerseys ever worn.
The previous world record for a rugby jersey was £180,000, paid for Dave Gallaher’s shirt in 2015.
Gallaher was the captain of the ‘Original’ All Blacks in the early 1900s.
