    barry john (born 6 january 1945) is a former welsh rugby union fly-half who played, during the amateur era of the sport, in the 1960s and early 1970s. john began his rugby career as a schoolboy playing for his local team cefneithin rfc before switching to first-class west wales team llanelli rfc in 1964. it was while at llanelli that john was first selected for the wales national team, a shock selection as a replacement for david watkins to face a touring australian team. in 1967 john left llanelli rfc for cardiff rfc and here he formed a partnership with gareth edwards that became one of the most famous half-back pairings in world rugby. from 1967, john and edwards made an inseparable partnership with rugby selectors, being chosen to play together at all levels of the sport, for cardiff, wales, the barbarians and in 1968 for the british lions tour of south africa. the 1968 british lions tour ended prematurely for john when he suffered a broken collarbone in the first test match against the 
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