Getty ImagesWales rugby great Gerald Davies has said he is “dumbstruck” after being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours.
The 79-year-old Wales and British and Irish Lions wing has been recognised for services to rugby union and voluntary and charitable service.
“It is an amazing honour,” said the former player, who also scored 20 tries in 46 Tests for his country across his 12-year international career in the 1960s and 1970s, and is among a select group to have won three Grand Slams.
A paralympian, a doctor and a St John Ambulance volunteer are among the other Welsh names to be singled out for an honour, with the King’s 2025 list featuring 58 recipients from Wales in total.
Sir Gerald, originally from Llansaint, Carmarthenshire, played for Cardiff, Llanelli and London Welsh and, after his retirement in 1978, he became a highly-respected…
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