Billy Watkins (rugby union) explained

Billy Watkins
Full Name:William Raymond Watkins
Birth Date:22 March 1933
Birth Place:Newbridge, Wales
Death Place:Abergavenny, Wales
Position:Scrum-half
Repyears1:1959
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

William Raymond Watkins (22 March 1933 — 19 May 2013) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Newbridge, Watkins began playing senior rugby for hometown club Newbridge RFC as a 15-year old.[2]

Watkins, a scrum-half, joined Newport in the 1957–58 season and won a Wales cap during the 1959 Five Nations, picked as a half-back partner to club teammate Malcolm Thomas against France at Colombes.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Newport man's Cardiff trial . . 27 August 1958.
  2. Web site: W. (Billy) Raymond Watkins . www.historyofnewport.co.uk.
  3. News: Big Five Spring Surprises . Western Mail . 24 March 1959.
  4. News: Woolford . Anthony . The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again . . 18 May 2020 . en.