Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas (28 January 1929 – 5 September 1996)[1] was a Wales international rugby union player.

In fact, it was Thomas's cross field kick that enabled Ken Jones, the flying Welsh winger, to gather the ball and touch down for the winning try.

[2] One of his sons, Greg Thomas, was the Head of Media on the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.

[2] He co-authored the book Welsh Rugby with Geoff Nicholson and wrote The History of the British and Irish Lions which he completed shortly before his death.

Thomas also owned Swansea's No Sign Bar in the 1960s: historian Peter Stead has argued that the popularity of Beaujolais Day in the city can be traced to this period: Thomas also owned a house in Burgundy and could transport the newly released Beaujolais quickly and cheaply to south Wales for sale.