death_date death_place birth_place ru_nationalyears ru_nationalcaps article_title school name birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position birth_name ru_amateuryears university
07 january 1967 newport , wales pontypridd , wales 1924 1924 3 2 vince griffiths
 west monmouth school vince griffiths 29 may 1901 -lrb- 7 -rrb- -lrb- 0 -rrb- outside half vincent morgan griffiths ? bristol university
vince griffiths

vince griffiths -lrb- 29 may 1901 - 7 january 1967 -rrb- was a welsh rugby union player who represented wales and the british lions .
griffiths played club rugby for newport and captained the team in the 1928/29 season .
griffiths gained his first cap for wales in 1924 against scotland at inverleith .
wales were humiliated by scotland , but griffiths scored a try and regained his position to be chosen to face ireland in the next match of the five nations championship .
griffiths 's last game for wales was against ireland , but was chosen to join the british lions 1924 tour of south africa ; he played in six games , including two tests .
