Brian Price (rugby union)

Brian Price (30 October 1937 – 18 December 2023) was a Wales international rugby union player.

Price first played international rugby for Wales in 1961 after impressing in the Barbarians squad against South Africa.

He also played for Cardiff College of Education, where he gained a teaching qualification, later becoming a PE and a Technical Drawing teacher at Thomas Richard Mining & Tech Institute in Tredegar and Caldicot Comprehensive.

In early 1961 Price was part of the Newport team who narrowly lost to the touring South Africa squad.

[3] Uncapped at the time, his performance for the Barbarians saw him fast-tracked into the Wales international team playing against Ireland just a month later in the 1961 Five Nations Championship.