- Rhys Gabe
Infobox Rugby biography
name = Rhys Thomas Gabe
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birthname = Rhys Thomas Gabe
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birthyear = 1880
birthmonth = 6
birthday = 22
placeofbirth =Llangennech ,Wales [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=25973&includeref=dynamic WRU player profile] ]Wales
deathyear = 1967
deathmonth = 09
deathday = 15
placeofdeath =Cardiff ,Wales
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weight =
ru_position = Centre
ru_amateuryears = 1898-19011901-19041904-1908
ru_amateurclubs =Llanelli RFC London Welsh Cardiff RFC
ru_amclubcaps = (?)(?)(115) [ [http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-GABE-THO-1880.html National Library of Wales online] ]
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ru_nationalteam = flagicon|WAL Wales flagicon|GBRGreat Britain
ru_nationalyears = 1901-19081904
ru_nationalcaps = 244
ru_nationalpoints = (33)(0)
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occupation = teacher
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university = Borough Road College
url =Rhys Thomas Gabe (1880 - 1967) was a Welsh
rugby union player who gained 24 caps for Wales, mainly as a centre.Born in
Llangennech , Gabe started his rugby career with Llanelli, making his debut at the age of seventeen. In 1901 he moved to London to study at Borough Road Training College and joinedLondon Welsh , where he was moved to centre. After qualifying as a mathematics teacher, he took a teaching post in Cardiff and joined the Cardiff club, where he formed a devastating centre combination withGwyn Nicholls for both club and country. He captained Cardiff in the 1907-08 season and scored 51 tries for the club in 115 appearances.Gabe won his first cap for Wales against Ireland in 1901, playing on the left wing. His 24 caps for Wales included the famous 1905 victory against New Zealand, and he captained Wales in the 1907 match against Ireland. He toured Australasia with the British Isles team of 1904.
Gabe was an impressive try scorer and scored 11 trys during his Welsh career. In his first game against England in 1902 he scored a memorable try when
John Strand-Jones deceived the entire English pack and passed the ball to Gabe. With only the English full back Gamlin to beat, Gabe raced to the try line and rounded Gamlin but took a heavy blow to his solar plexus. Gabe managed to carry on, cross the line, score the try, only then passing out.Davies (1980), pg 143.]His most remarkable try was probably one scored against England at
Bristol in 1908. The match was played in thick fog, and Gabe and his team matePercy Bush found a loose ball outside England's 25. Gabe won the tussle for the ball and set off in the direction of the line, while Bush ran off in the opposite direction to confuse the opposition. Eventually the referee and the other players arrived at the line to find Gabe waiting with the ball.Davies (1980), pg 193.]Gabe retired in 1908, but still appeared occasionally for Cardiff. He died in Cardiff in 1967.
=International games playedSmith (1980), pg 466.] =* England 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908
* France 1908
* Ireland 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908
* New Zealand 1905
* Scotland 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908
* South Africa 1906Bibliography
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*References
Gareth Hughes (1983) "One hundred years of scarlet" (Llanelli Rugby Football Club) ISBN 0-9509159-0-4
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