WALES GRAND SLAM 2005

LIMITED EDITION - MILLENNIUM STADIUM MAGIC MOMENTS TURF PAPERWEIGHTS

We are proud to offer a one off Millennium Stadium Grand Slam Special. The actual turf on which Shane Williams touched down for his try against England and the very piece of ground from which Gavin Henson launched his penalty kick that won the game for Wales. The pitch cut up badly during the game and the Millennium Stadium and Welsh Rugby Union decided a new pitch was needed. To do this the whole pitch needed to be removed and re-laid. These two important pieces of turf were pinpointed by stadium staff and removed from the main pitch on Tuesday 15th of February. The rest of the pitch was then cut up and part of it was sold to raise money for the TLC Foundation. The Gavin Henson & Shane Williams pieces were then offered for auction by the WRU, we were successful in this auction and once again the money was donated to charity. 

Dai & Simon receive the two pieces of turf from Shane Williams, Brent Cockbain & Millennium Stadium manager Paul Seargant  

The sections of turf have been cut into smaller manageable pieces and encapsulated by paperweight specialists Hafod Grange so that the turf maintains it's actual look from those magic moments. 

THE WINNING KICK - Gavin Henson paperweight

Each piece of turf is now a series of  limited edition specially inscribed Grand Slam Paperweights, the Gavin Henson piece is limited to 153 and the Shane Williams 150. Both paperweights are sold in a presentation box together with an 8 page limited edition certificate of authenticity and a card personally signed by Wales Grand Slam Second Row Forward Brent Cockbain.

GAVIN HENSON PAPERWEIGHT

£135.00

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SHANE WILLIAMS PAPERWEIGHT

£135.00

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£225.00

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To order by credit card over the telephone call 01639 729000  (from overseas call +44 1639 729000)

* The Millennium Stadium turf was originally sold to raise money for the Toby Lloyd Cockbain Foundation. Toby was the son of Wales lock forward Brent Cockbain who tragically died of a brain tumour. The money that Rugby Relics paid for the turf was also donated by the WRU to this charity. More information visit the TLC website www.tlcfoundation.org.uk

Rugby Relics will be donating £10.00 of the sale price to the Toby Lloyd Cockbain Foundation for every paperweight sold.

** Hafod Grange Paperweights are leaders in their field, previous commissions have seen them encapsulate turf from Wembley Stadium, Old Trafford & Lord's Cricket Ground. The paperweight is 7.5cm in diameter. 

IN THE NEWS

Christmas 2006 and Gavin has banned Charlotte from buying presents for him. 'Reveal' magazine ran a story about it.

"Charlotte Church has revealed that boyfriend Gavin Henson has banned her from buying him a present for Christmas this year - and she’s quite glad because it’s hard to find the perfect gift for the rugby star.

She told Reveal magazine: “Gavin’s a nightmare to buy for.”

“Apparently, even as a child, he didn’t want any presents - can you imagine that - a child who didn’t want presents?”

She added though that Gavin will be attending her family’s Christmas dinner: “We’re all going to my nan’s for Christmas. We do it every year - it’s brilliant. Gavin will be there this year.”

“We might have a bit of a gathering at our house as well, but there’s is no way I’d cook Christmas dinner.”

.............Post Christmas and the papers are up for stories on what the stars bought each other. The Mirror carried a story and then the South Wales Evening Post ran...........

"Forget saying it with flowers - Charlotte Church wished her beau Gavin Henson merry Christmas with a lump of earth. But, not surprisingly, this was no ordinary piece of dirt.

The singer and TV star scoured internet site eBay for offbeat gifts to keep her Ospreys and Wales star man happy at Christmas.

One present she tracked down was the patch of turf on which he kicked a penalty for Wales when they beat England 11-9 at the Millennium Stadium last year.

Another was a paperweight bearing the signature of Henson's hero David Campese.

Charlotte's mum Maria said the turf was in a beautiful presentation box.

"She has been looking on eBay for months now, bidding like mad," she said of her daughter's Christmas shopping habits.

We can reveal that Charlotte actually bought Gavin the Number 1 paperweight for Christmas from Rugby Relics. Several publications were quite derogatory and despite the stories that Charlotte was actually too mean to buy Gav something nice for Xmas she was keen to obtain memorabilia relating to Gavin's hero David Campese (she bought a signed Campese print), and what do you give the man who has everything for Xmas. That special piece of grass of course courtesy of Rugby Relics, suppliers to the stars !