{"id":81333,"date":"2024-02-02T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=81333"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:17:46","slug":"land-of-my-fathers-why-this-proud-scot-will-wear-red-for-wales-six-nations-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/02\/land-of-my-fathers-why-this-proud-scot-will-wear-red-for-wales-six-nations-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Land of my fathers: Why this proud Scot will wear red for Wales&#8217; Six Nations opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In 1934, my great-grandfather John Idwal Rees blew a raspberry at the Scottish crowd after scoring a try<strong> <\/strong>for Wales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WALES kick off their Six Nations campaign against Scotland tomorrow. I am a proud Scot but on Saturday I will be wearing red in the Principality Stadium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales is literally the Land of my Fathers and my main rugby influence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninety years ago, my great-grandfather, John Idwal Rees, played for Wales against Scotland in Edinburgh, in what was then the Four Nations Championship. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81341\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81341\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/wales-team-photo-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wales team photo  v England 1934. Idwal is sitting third from the right in the middle row.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rugby was very different back then. It was not professional and Idwal, who was born in Swansea, was a teacher at Fettes College in Edinburgh at the time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Saturday morning of the 1934 game, he was teaching a Latin lesson in which his Scottish pupils teased him about a potential home win.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the game Idwal, who played as a centre, scored a try and got his own back by blowing a raspberry at the schoolchildren in the crowd. Wales went on to win the game 13 \u2013 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Idwal played five times against Scotland, all while he lived in Edinburgh where he played for Edinburgh Wanderers Rugby Club.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"635\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/John-Idwal-Rees-playing-against-England-at-the-old-Cardiff-Arms-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/John-Idwal-Rees-playing-against-England-at-the-old-Cardiff-Arms-Park.jpg 851w, 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Image Credit: Laura Stark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He also played four times against England and Ireland, and once against New Zealand in 1935 \u2013 a game which Wales won 13-12.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that win, Wales had won two out of three games against the All Blacks. The aggregate score is now 33-3 in New Zealand\u2019s favour.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1938, at the age of 28, Idwal retired from international rugby after earning 14 caps and captaining the Welsh side twice. He left Edinburgh, returning to Wales to take up a headmaster position at Cowbridge Grammar School.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales kick off their Six Nations campaign against Scotland tomorrow. 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