GILES THOMAS

AGE & REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS QUINS 1st XV PLAYERS WITH OVER 100 APPEARANCES

GILES THOMAS

100 + APPEARANCES

Giles made 176 appearances for the Quins 1st XV between 1996 & 2007.
Giles (above) being presented with his 100 + Appearances Tie by Brian Jones, Club Commit- tee, at a function at the club on the 12th May 2018.

PLAYING RECORD

  • Giles made his first appearance for the Quins 1st XV away to Glamorgan Wanderers on the 7th September 1996.

  • In his eleven seasons with the Quins, Giles amassed a total of 1561 points made up of 19 tries; 269 conversions; 298 penalties and 24 drop goals. This is still a club record.

  • Giles still holds a number of club records which can be found on the feature “Player Statis- tics” e.g. he scored 444 points in the 2001/02 season with a Welsh League record for that season of 85 penalties.

  • He is one of a handful of players to have completed the “Big 4” in a game i.e. try/penalty/ conversion/drop goal which he managed against Pontypool at the Park on the 4th November 2000.

  • Giles is still seen by Quins supporters as the outstanding player of his generation.

  • He made the last 3 for the Quins Dream Team 1950-2000 eclipsed only by another star of his time in Derek Lewis.

  • Giles made his last Quins 1st XV appearance at the Park against Waunarlwydd on the 14th April 2007.

Compiled by Percy Jones, Club Archivist

Photograph taken by Hugh Thomas