Former Wales rugby player Jamie Roberts gets his bag of 'sentimental' jerseys back after appeal

Roberts announced his retirement from rugby in July 2022. Credit: PA Images.

Former Wales player Jamie Roberts has been reunited with a number of "sentimental" jerseys after they fell out of his car.

In a post on Twitter, Roberts said he was "extremely grateful to those that helped spread the word," following his earlier social media appeal to find them.

South Wales Police replied to Roberts' tweet saying "good news – we're pleased to hear that you've got them back!"

Roberts described the jerseys as "significant sentimental value" with fellow teammate Tom Shanklin asking: "Which club? Cardiff, Racing 92, Harlequins, Bath, Stormers, Dragons, Tahs, Cambridge, Wales, Lions, Barbarians? Or a mixture of all?"

Yesterday, he responded to say he'd lost one from every team he's represented: "One of each funnily enough brother."

Roberts began his career in 2005 and won a total of 94 caps for Wales between 2008 and 2017.

He also played for a number of clubs including Cardiff RFC and Blues, Cambridge University, Harlequins and New South Wales Waratahs.

Before Wales' match against England on Saturday afternoon, Jamie Roberts met the policeman who had worked to find his shirts.

PC Luke Beasley from South Wales Police said: “I was made aware late Thursday evening that Jamie Roberts had misplaced some of his career match worn jerseys in the Cardiff Bay area.“I knew they held great sentimental value to him and immediately made some enquiries with the local businesses and projects."

He added: “I was contacted by the Huggard centre [a charity in Cardiff helping rough sleepers] that one of their service users had come across the jerseys and was showing them to other service users. Action was then taken to track them down and retrieve them from a number of different locations in the vicinity.“Staff from the Huggard kindly searched bins and kept in contact with me throughout so I could, in turn, keep Jamie updated with events as they unfolded."

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