John 's final season with Wales ended disappointingly as both Scotland and Wales refused to travel to Ireland due to the increased violence in Northern Ireland and the events of Bloody Sunday . Despite this , John had a good Championship , scoring 35 points in the three games against England , Scotland and France . The opener , away to England , was won 12 – 3 , with John scoring two penalty goals and converting a J.P.R. Williams try . This was followed by a win over Scotland , in which John played well , converting three of the five Welsh tries and scoring three penalty goals . John 's final international was at home to France . He successfully converted four penalty goals in a 20 – 6 victory to Wales , and in scoring his final penalty surpassed the Wales international points scoring record of Jack Bancroft set nearly 60 years earlier . The Welsh Rugby Union 's refusal to allow travel to Ireland stole the team 's possibility of a consecutive Grand Slam title
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Barry John