Brawl mars test
NZPA-Reuter Nuku’alofa Wales kicked its way to a 15-7 win over Tonga yesterday in a rugby match marred by a brawl soon after the start. Kicks made the difference in the first international played by Wales in the Tongan capital, with the two sides scoring one try each in a match dominated by forward play on a greasy pitch. The all-in punch-up in the Tongan deadball area
came 17 minutes after the kick-off and left the Welsh No. 8, Phil Davies, and inside centre, Adrian Hadley, laid out on the ground. Hadley was carried off on a stretcher and replaced by a Cardiff-born West Indian, Glenn Webb, winning his first cap and becoming the first black player to play a test for Wales. Officials said later Hadley was not seriously hurt.
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Press, 13 June 1986, Page 32
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