page_title: Charlie Pritchard
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Charlie Pritchard / Rugby career / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: The Welsh national rugby union team that defeated the Original All Blacks in 1905.
context_page_description: Charles Meyrick Pritchard was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks. He played club rugby for Newport RFC and county rugby for Monmouthshire. Pritchard was one of 13 Wales international players to be killed serving in the First World War.
  Charles Meyrick Pritchard is not related to Clifford Charles Pritchard
context_section_description: Pritchard made his debut for Wales against Ireland in 1904, while playing club rugby for Newport. Pritchard would play in a further 13 internationals  including the game against the famous 1905 All Black touring team. Although all the Welsh players on the day played their part in the victory over the New Zealanders, Pritchard was commended for his all out defensive play and continual heavy tackling against the All Blacks. He was seen as the star of the Welsh pack and was 'always in the thick of the fight'; fellow Welsh international George Travers would sum up Pritchard's aggressive play against the All Blacks as 'He knocked 'em down like nine pins.'
  Pritchard would score his only international try in a 16-3 win against England in a home nations match on 13 January 1906. After a serious injury in 1908 he returned to the Welsh side in the 1909/10 season and played his final game against England in 1910.
caption: 1905 Wales squad, Charlie Pritchard, middle row, far left
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