Rugby-Edwards' Barbarians shirt worn to score 'that try' fetches record $287k

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Wales v Ireland RBS Six Nations Championship 2009 - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - 21/3/09 Wales rugby great Gareth Edwards at the match Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Keith Williams

(Reuters) - A shirt worn by scrum-half Gareth Edwards when he scored a famous try for the Barbarians in a test match against New Zealand in 1973 was sold at auction for a world record of 240,000 pounds ($286,776.00) on Friday.

The price beats the previous record for a rugby jersey of 180,000 pounds paid in 2015 for a shirt worn by New Zealand captain Dave Gallaher in a test match against Wales in 1905.