www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/f ... es-3859568 Showing on BBC 1 Wales next Thursday at 9pm

www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/f ... es-3859568 Showing on BBC 1 Wales next Thursday at 9pm

Always been a big fan of JD. I was amazed that the Chemics paid £225 for him all that time ago. Where did they get the money.

ICI shares were very strong at the time .

Tonight at 9pm

it was very good..enjoyed it.

We will never see his like in the game again...he would be cast aside as too small, too lightly built.

Heart of a lion though and his ability was on the edge of genius.

Still the most exciting player I have seen. Makes STomkins look like a donkey.

It was a very good documentary and I didn't even mind the Rugby Union parts, well done to BBC Wales. One of the players who really got me hooked on Rugby League when I started watching in 93, his points scoring record was amazing and of course he created so much for others.

You've just got to have massive respect for the bloke for what he overcome with his size as you say Mark, also lost his Dad at 14 and then his wife to cancer. Then he makes you respect him even more with all the charity work he does.

Superb programme

I thought the Welsh production team would "glaze over" his RL connection, but, fair play to them, they showed some great clips
Halifax (h) 93 (the night the lights went out), with that sidestep/ kick-on try
Halifax (a) cup, a few months later. I remember going beserk at that try
The GB try v Aus (won me a few quid at Done's on Bridge St)
Some good Wids clips
and that try when he ghosted past a young Johns v Newcastle

and a belter for RahRah Wales against NZ in 88

Sunday afternoons in 93-95 were just a complete joy
Sunday dinner, then a few pints in The Causeway watching the previous week's Davies exploits, then into Wilderspool, and (occasionally) into the Touchdown for a pint or two of Guinness and listening to close Welsh harmony singing from his followers from the valleys, and then (after my tea) a session in town to see the players make exhibitions of themselves in the Time Square. BLISS.

Good spot by Mrs Goldblatt in the programme. When they were flicking that elastic band around Davies' head, Rowland Phillips was next to him.

I watched it and agree with all the above, has a similar skill set to Ratchford. Imagine if he was playing today, 40/20's would be very easy to come by for him.

You missed out "having pie and peas in the ground and scraping the polystyrene off the food tray with your fork, whilst trying to remove the pie"

If Davies was playing today, they would have scrapped the 40/20 after the first season.

You could not help but admire him.. Struggled at first, got his upper body strength sorted quickly, and was a top class player. Always liked to watch him, he was a delight.