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How many Welsh caps have appeared for a winning team in a European Cup Final?
John Griffiths
May 4, 2015
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Leigh Halfpenny© Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images

How many Welsh caps have appeared for a winning team in a European Cup Final? Darren Morgan, Wales

After this year's Toulon-Clermont clash at Twickenham, eight senior Welsh caps have now appeared in winning teams in the final of Europe's top-tier competition.

The three "founders" of the select band were Ieuan Evans, Nathan Thomas and Richard Webster who were in the 1998 Bath side that beat Brive 19-18 in Bordeaux - the third final to be staged in the tournament.

The full list of Welsh caps with winning Final appearances are as follows:

  • Ieuan Evans 1998 for Bath
  • Nathan Thomas 1998 for Bath
  • Richard Webster 1998 for Bath
  • Allan Bateman 2000 for Northampton
  • Rob Howley 2004 for Wasps
  • Gareth Thomas 2005 for Toulouse
  • Gethin Jenkins 2013 for Toulon
  • Leigh Halfpenny 2015 for Toulon

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