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{{Short description|Wales international rugby union & league footballer}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Keith Jarrett
| image = Keith Jarrett 2014.jpg
| caption = Keith Jarrett 2014
| birth_name = Keith Stanley Jarrett
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|05|18}}
| birth_place = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], Wales
| death_place =
| school = Monmouth School
| height = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|13|st|1|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| amatyears1 = 1966    | amatteam1 = [[Abertillery RFC]]
| amatyears2 = 1966–70 | amatteam2 = [[Newport RFC]]
| amatyears3 =         | amatteam3 = [[London Welsh RFC]]
| amatyears4 =         | amatteam4 = [[Monmouthshire County RFC|Monmouthshire]]
| ru_amupdate =
| repyears1 = 1967–69  | repteam1 = [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]
| repyears2 = 1968     | repteam2 = [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]]<ref name="Profile at lionsrugby.com (RU)">{{cite web|url=https://www.lionsrugby.com/player?PlayGuid=KJ384081|title=Profile|website=Lionsrugby.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)">{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/7228.html|title=Statistics|website=Espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)">{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=26042&includeref=dynamic|title=Statistics|website=Wru.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
| repcaps1 = 10        | reppoints1 = 73
| repcaps2 = 0         | reppoints2 = 0
| ru_ntupdate =
| module = {{infobox rugby league biography | embed = yes
| position     = [[Rugby league positions#Backs|Back]]
| year1start   = 1969 | year1end = 73
| club1        = [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]]
| appearances1 = 92   | points1 = 559
| yearAstart = 1970
| teamA = [[Wales national rugby league team|Wales]]<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/keith-jarrett/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.com/|title=Official website of the Rugby League Record Keepers’ Club|date=28 January 2022|accessdate=3 February 2024}}</ref>
| appearancesA = 2    | pointsA = 3
}}
}}
'''Keith Jarrett''' (born 18 May 1948) is a Welsh former [[List of dual-code rugby internationals|dual-code international]] [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative rugby union for the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]] and for [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]], where he set point scoring records, and [[Monmouthshire County RFC|Monmouthshire]], and at club level for [[Abertillery RFC]], [[Newport RFC]] and [[London Welsh RFC]], as a [[Centre (rugby union)|centre]], i.e. number 12 or 13.<ref name="Profile at lionsrugby.com (RU)"/><ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)"/><ref name="Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)"/> The teenaged Jarrett made a memorable international debut for Wales against England in 1967, scoring 19 of Wales's 34 points.<ref name="Purnell">{{cite book|author=Norman S Barrett|title=Purnell's Encyclopedia of Sport|publisher=Purnell|year=1974|ISBN=9780361028127|page=201}}</ref>  He also played representative rugby league for [[Wales national rugby league team|Wales]], and at club level for [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]].<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)"/>
== Early career ==
Jarrett was born in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106731|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617055412/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106731|url-status=dead
|title=Newport RFC player profiles|archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref> the son of former [[Glamorgan]] cricketer [[Hal Jarrett]], and attended [[Monmouth School]]. Like his father, he played cricket for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club]]. In 1966 Keith Jarrett he played his first official rugby union match for Newport against [[Ebbw Vale RFC|Ebbw Vale]], shortly after leaving school.<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Jones|title=Newport Rugby Greats|publisher=Amberley Publishing|year=2016|ISBN=9781445656885}}</ref>
== Cricket ==
Jarrett played for Glamorgan Second XI from 1965 to 1967, appearing in two [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in 1967 – one each against the Indian and Pakistani tourists. He was a middle order bat and change right arm seam bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wru.wales/2020/04/on-this-day-jarretts-match/|title=On This Day: Jarrett’s match|date=15 April 2020|website=Welsh Rugby Union|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
== International rugby career ==
Jarrett played his first international for Wales on 15 April 1967 against England, aged eighteen years.<ref name="Purnell"/>  He had been selected at full back even though he had never played senior rugby in that position.  Newport were asked to play him at full back against Newbridge on the weekend before the international to give him some experience.  He did not seem to be much of a success in his new position and at half time, his captain David Watkins, switched him to centre. The following week Jarrett played in his first international and scored a breathtaking try.  England won a line-out in their own 25 (as it was then).  The ball was passed down the line to English centre, Colin McFadyean, who kicked towards the halfway line.  The ball bounced once and was seemingly going in to touch.  Instead, Jarrett took the ball without breaking his stride, and outflanked the astonished England defence to score in the left corner.  He converted his own try from just inside the touchline. Besides scoring a try, he kicked two penalty goals and five conversions for a total of 19 points, equalling a Welsh record.<ref>{{cite book|author=Huw Richards|title=The Red & The White: A History of England Vs Wales Rugby|publisher=Aurum|year=2014|ISBN=9781781313589}}</ref>  His performance on the field was so impressive that the match has been known ever since as the Keith Jarrett match and he made the cover of ''[[Rugby World]]'' magazine two months later. The try has been highly-ranked in several popular polls to select the greatest Welsh tries.
In 1968 he set a club record of 30 points for Newport against [[Penarth RFC|Penarth]], and was selected for the [[1968 British Lions tour to South Africa]].
Jarrett played for Wales at rugby union ten times in all, making his final appearance against [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] on 21 June 1969 during the [[1969 Wales rugby union tour of Oceania|Wales tour of New Zealand and Australia]].
==Later career==
On his return from tour in 1969, Jarrett joined rugby league club Barrow for a signing-on fee of £14,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £380,000 in 2016).<ref name="Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds">{{cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare|title=Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds|publisher=Measuring Worth|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> He was also selected for the [[Wales national rugby league team|Welsh national rugby league side]], before he had played his first match for Barrow.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)"/> He was later transferred to [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]], although he did not play for them.<ref name="espn.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/19156805/rewind-1967-where-welsh-rugby-outstanding-starlet-keith-jarrett-had-dream-debut-england|title=Rewind to... A Welsh debut to remember|website=Espn.co.uk|date=14 April 2017 |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
Jarrett's rugby career was cut short in 1973, aged just 25, when he suffered a [[stroke]] resulting from a [[haemorrhage]].<ref name="espn.co.uk"/>
==See also==
{{Portal|Cricket|Sports}}
*[[List of cricket and rugby league players]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121009004532/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/memories/back-on-the-wembley-trail-1.705810?referrerPath=memories%2Farchive Back on the Wembley trail]
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