Phil Blakeway
| Birth name | Phillip John Blakeway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 December 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 0 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phillip John Blakeway (born 31 December 1950)[1] is a former England international rugby union player who played for Gloucester. He was normally a tighthead prop but also turned out at loosehead [2] Blakeway broke his neck in 1977 but went on to represent his country 19 times.[3] After being part of England's Grand Slam in 1980, including a first win in Paris since 1964,[4] the prop toured South Africa in 1980 with the British Lions but was forced to return home early due to a rib injury sustained in the Five Nations Championship.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Phil Blakeway player profile ESPN Scrum.com [dead link]
- ^ Chris Collier, 'Blakeway, Phil'. Gloucester Rugby Heritage, 26 June 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2025
- ^ 'Phil Blakeway, England'. Sporting Heroes undated. Retrieved 31 January 2025
- ^ Steven Pye, 'How England beat France in Paris in their 1980 Five Nations grand slam'. The Guardian, 27 January 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2025
- ^ 'My Life in Rugby: Former Gloucester, England and Lions prop Phil Blakeway'. The Rugby Player, 19 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2025
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