Record

CodeDS/UK/1421
Dates1945-
Person NameThomas; Edwin 'Roy' 'Shunto' (1945-); Welsh rugby union player
SurnameThomas
ForenamesEdwin 'Roy' 'Shunto'
EpithetWelsh rugby union player
ActivityHooker / bachwr, played for Swansea RFC, Llanelli RFC and Wales B. Played for Swansea when they beat Australia, 1966, and for Llanelli when they beat New Zealand, 1972. He was an unused substitute on at least 25 times; on the bench throughout the 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975 Five Nations campaigns as well as games against overseas sides. Awarded a WRU President's Cap, 2013, for Wales v Tonga 1974. A steelworker.
Dates and PlacesBorn 21 August 1945,
Archive Catalogue
RefNoTitle
BML/7/8Big sheet and bundle, XV Carwyn James versus XV Barry John, The National Stadium, Cardiff, 26 April 1972
BML/1/9/6Programme, Ireland versus Wales, Lansdowne Road, 2 February 1974.
BML/1/2/21Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 19 January 1974
BML/1/6/8Big sheet and bundle, England versus Wales, Twickenham, 16 March 1974
BML/1/2/23Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 7 February 1976
BML/2/12/32Big sheet and bundle, Wales XV versus New Zealand, Cardiff Arms Park, 27 November 1974.
BML/1/10/4Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus France, Cardiff Arms Park, 25 March 1972
BML/1/10/7Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus France, Cardiff Arms Park, 6 March 1976
BML/2/2/29Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Australia, Cardiff Arms Park, 20 December 1975.
BML/2/11/1Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Japan, Cardiff Arms Park, 6 October 1973
BML/1/2/22Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 1 March 1975
BML/2/18/5Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Tonga, Cardiff Arms Park, 19 October 1974.
BML/1/6/9Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 15 February 1975
BML/1/6/10Big sheet and bundle, England versus Wales, Twickenham, 17 January 1976
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