Record

CodeDS/UK/1486
Dates1942-2023
Person NameWatkins; David 'Dai' (1942-2023); MBE; Welsh rugby union and rugby league international
SurnameWatkins
ForenamesDavid 'Dai'
TitleMBE
EpithetWelsh rugby union and rugby league international
ActivityPlayed rugby union for Abertillery RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Pontypool RFC, Newport RFC, Barbarian FC, Crawshays RFC, Glamorgan County RFC, Monmouthshire County RFC, Wales (1963-1967, 21 caps, 15 points) and the British & Irish Lions (1966, 6 caps, 12 points). Played rugby league for Salford City Reds (400 appearances, almost 3,000 points, champions twice in three seasons in the mid-1970s), Swinton Lions, Wales (16 caps, 74 points) and Great Britain (6 caps, 6 points).
Dates and PlacesBorn 5 March 1942 at Blaina, Monmouthshire, Wales, died 3 September 2023, aged 81.
Archive Catalogue
RefNoTitle
BML/1/10/1Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus France, Cardiff Arms Park, 26 March 1966.
BML/1/6/2Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 15 April 1967
BML/1/2/13Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 5 February 1966
BML/1/6/1Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus England, Cardiff Arms Park, 16 January 1965
BML/1/2/11Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 1 February 1964
BML/1/9/1Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Ireland, Cardiff Arms Park, 13 March 1965.
BML/1/2/10Bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 2 February 1963
BML/6/1/15Big sheet and bundle, London Welsh versus Co-Optimists, Twickenham, 4 September 1965
BML/1/2/12Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 6 February 1965
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