{"id":282,"date":"2024-03-05T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmarthenathleticmuseum.co.uk\/?p=282"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:39:16","slug":"sir-colin-earl-meads-mbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmarthenathleticmuseum.co.uk\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"Sir Colin Earl Meads, MBE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"282\" class=\"elementor elementor-282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c181b68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c181b68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-118e7ca5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"118e7ca5\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sir Colin Earl Meads, MBE<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27cbf3f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"27cbf3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/carmarthenathleticmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/carmarthenathleticmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-theme-elements.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f7bd4a7 elementor-inline-item\" 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497.941c-18.745 18.745-49.137 18.745-67.882 0l-.36-.36L527.64 323.522c16.999-16.999 26.36-39.6 26.36-63.64s-9.362-46.641-26.36-63.64L331.397 0h48.721a48 48 0 0 1 33.941 14.059l211.882 211.882c18.745 18.745 18.745 49.137 0 67.882z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/carmarthenathleticmuseum.co.uk\/?cat=9\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Rugby<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75644dc7 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"75644dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Called \u201cThe Pinetree\u201d, he was a big, strong player, who \u2018took no prisoners\u2019. He was New Zealand\u2019s most-capped player when he retired and played for the King Country province of New Zealand. He will be also be remembered for being sent off against Scotland at Murrayfield. This was only the second-ever sending-off in an International match in Britain. He went on to coach and be manager of the New Zealand side and his brother Stanley was capped 15 times, mostly playing together. Colin was a farmer and a famous photograph showed him carrying a fully-grown sheep under each arm.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>These boots, along with the rest of the team\u2019s footwear, could not be taken back home to New Zealand by the touring All Blacks. 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