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John Taylor won his first cap for Wales at the age of 21 and played 26 Tests during the golden era of Welsh rugby. He also toured with the Lions twice, in 1968 and again in 1971, when he played in all four Tests as they beat the All Blacks to record the Lions' only series victory in New Zealand. He retired from playing in 1978 and began a successful career in broadcasting and journalism and has been a regular contributor to Scrum.com since 1999.

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Accentuate the positive - John Taylor returns to scrum.com!

Feb 27, 2007: Wales and Lions legend John Taylor, the voice of ITV rugby, returns to scrum.com

2004 Six Nations

So where's all the excitement?

Feb 23, 2004: A week ago we were eagerly anticipating the Six Nations Championship. Now we are almost at the halfway stage and the sense of anti-climax is palpable. John Taylor writes

2003 Six Nations

Mighty England show that All Black arrogance ... Wales show nothing at all

Apr 3, 2003: "You will never get a neater Six Nations Table. England at the top with 10, Wales at the bottom with zero." John Taylor looks back on the 2003 battle for honours

2003 Six Nations: England 40-9 Scotland

Robinson should be centre of attention

Mar 19, 2003: "When Clive Woodward first took over as England coach/manager he was refreshingly enthusiastic but horribly naïve and far too gung ho" John Taylor writes

2002 Six Nations: England 50-10 Wales

A sad day to be a Welshman

Mar 26, 2002: "The record defeat was bad enough but it was the eerie atmosphere at Twickenham that really rubbed our noses in the dirt." John Taylor writes

2001 Six Nations

What next for the Six Nations?

Sep 26, 2001: "Reports of the death of the Six Nations Championship as we know and love it are greatly exaggerated." John Taylor provides his takes on the future of the Championship

Saints have too much for Sarries

Apr 28, 2001: Saracens started like an express train only to get derailed by the end of the first quarter while Northampton began steadily and just got better and better - the story of the season in microcosm for these two clubs

IRB tells RFU to take a stronger stance

Apr 5, 2001: The International Rugby Board has made it very clear that it considers the new agreement between Premier Rugby and the English professional players to be illegal

Saints secure fourth place

Mar 31, 2001: Watch out for fireworks in the quarter-finals of the Zurich Championship

Quins pull plug on Bath

Mar 10, 2001: Bath coach, John Callard, was quick to blame the latest u-turn on the status of the Zurich Championships for his team's lacklustre performance which saw them deservedly beaten by Harlequins, second from bottom of the table

2000 Six Nations

Italy grow in stature

Apr 4, 2000: "Italy can be well satisfied with their first season in the Six Nations championship." John Taylor looks back at the Azzurri's first foray in the northern hemisphere tournament

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