Current holder, Shane Williams (58), saw one of his two entries beaten, but made it through to the quarter-finals thanks to his 2008 solo effort from half-way against the world champion Springboks in Bloemfontein.
Ieuan Evans (33) also saw one of his two entries reach the next round, the side-stepping masterclass against Scotland in 1988, while Sir Gareth Edwards’ (20) 1972 special from his own 22 against the Scots comfortably saw off Scott Williams’ rip-roaring effort against England at Twickenham in 2012.
Also through are Phil Bennett (v Scotland 1977), Scott Gibbs (v England 1999), Gareth Davies (v England 2015), Josh Adams (v England 2019) and Justin Tipuric (v England 2020).
The voting means that the quarter-finals will be as follows:
Scott Gibbs v Ieuan Evans
Gareth Edwards v Gareth Davies
Phil Bennett v Shane Williams
Josh Adams v Justin Tipuric
It will be a battle between 1993 and 1997 British & Irish Lions team mates in the first head-to-head between Gibbs and Evans, while it will be a straight shoot-out between two great scrum halves, the ‘Gareths’, in the next match-up.
Scottish fans will have to look away for the fight between Bennett and Williams, while current Wales team mates Adams and Tipuric will be against each other in an Ospreys v Blues clash in the fourth and final pairing.
Round 1 results were as follows:
| Scott Gibbs (v England 1999) | 3,925 |
| Graham Price (v France 1975) | 787 |
| Keith Jarrett (v England 1967) | 1,197 |
| Ieuan Evans (v Scotland 1988) | 3,515 |
| Gareth Edwards (v Scotland 1972) | 3,455 |
| Scott Williams (v England 2012) | 1,257 |
| Gareth Davies (v England 2015) | 3,124 |
| Shane Williams (v Scotland 2010) | 1,588 |
| Allan Bateman (v England 1998) | 720 |
| Phil Bennett (v Scotland 1977) | 3,952 |
| Gethin Jenkins (v Ireland 2005) | 1,830 |
| Shane Williams (v South Africa 2008) | 2,882 |
| Ieuan Evans (v England 1993) | 2,158 |
| Josh Adams (v England 2019) | 2,554 |
| Alex Cuthbert (v England 2013) | 1,935 |
| Justin Tipuric (v England 2020) | 2,777 |
The quarter-final vote is now open on and we hope you enjoy watching these golden moments of Welsh rugby history over and over again. And don’t forget to cast your vote!
