Welsh Rugby
Cardiff and Hancock enter Hall of Fame
ESPNscrum Staff
May 6, 2011
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Gerald Davies was on hand to announce Cardiff's and Franck Hancock's entries into the IRB Hall of Fame © Getty Images
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Cardiff Rugby Football Club and former captain Frank Hancock have been inducted into the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame.

The announcement was made at the club's museum on Friday by IRB Council Member for Wales Gerald Davies.

"I am honoured and delighted to be inducting two greats of the game in Wales, a great club and a great player and captain who significantly contributed to the history and the playing of rugby, not just in Wales but worldwide," he said. "They not only epitomise success and achievement, but innovation and creativity in the development of our sport."

Hancock's Cardiff side was responsible for bringing in the four-back system which was adopted by Wales, in 1885, and later copied by the rest of the rugby world.

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