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]