“He Did his bit”

“Proudly worn, beautifully told -

from a simple collection of shirts comes the story of a hero”

Eddie Butler

He Did His bit

March 1911 - a Charity Match at Newport RFC. Proudly sporting an All Black shirt worn on that famous day in 1905 when Wales overcame the touring New Zealanders, Charlie Pritchard poses for a pre game photograph. His friends and team mates are wearing the shirts he has collected during his stellar career, and his modest aim is to raise funds for a local church roof. Just five years later, this gentle giant of Welsh rugby was lying bleeding to death in a Casualty Clearing Station in Northern France.

Each of these shirts tells a story…the book will tell the story of each shirt in turn, and will hit the bookshops as the World Rugby Museum opens an exhibition of the shirts at Twickenham.