A magician, a poet... a king. So many ways to describe the rugby visionary Barry John, who died on Sunday aged 79. But who better to express the joy of that wonderous talent than his half-back ...

Barry John and Gareth Edwards formed the most revered half-back partnership in rugby A magician, a poet... a king. So many ways to describe the rugby visionary Barry John, who died on Sunday aged 79.

BBC Sport Wales charts the rugby life and tries of Barry John, whose death at the age of 79 is being mourned. John, still thought by many to be the greatest number 10 in rugby union history ...

Wales rugby great Barry John has died at the age of 79, his family has announced. The former Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half died peacefully in hospital. A family statement read ...

Rugby has lost a member of its royalty after imperious fly-half passes away at age of 79 Barry John was arguably rugby union’s first superstar and a mercurial player whose wizardry gained ...

Lewis Jones was rugby’s ‘Golden Boy’ of the fifties and one of the greatest dual-code internationals ever produced by Wales.

England star Marcus Smith has been compared to legendary fly-half Barry John by a former team-mate of the Wales great. Former England full-back Bob Hiller - who played alongside John on two tours ...

Many observers predicted it would get worse before it got better. Welsh rugby in 2024 backed up that assessment. The Latin ...