Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I haereere a Rees me ngā British and Irish Lions ki Aotearoa i te tau 1977
, i te wa kaore ano kia kapihia e Wales, me Awherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1980 ana i taua wa i purei karapu karapu mo Neath. I eke ia ki te kapa Lions i te whakataetae o Aotearoa i Eden Park, i te marama o Akuhata 1977, engari i tatari ia tae noa ki te marama o Hanuere 1979 mo tana kapa tuatahi ki Wales, i te whakataetae ki Scotland i Murrayfield. I eke a Rees i tana tukinga tuatahi ki Wales, ana ko tana putanga whakamutunga ki a France i te Parc des Princes i te Poutu-te-rangi 1983.