William Roderick "Roddy" Evans (19 December 1934 – 6 November 2016) was a
Welsh international
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
lock who played club rugby for
Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...
and
Bridgend
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Og ...
. He was awarded thirteen caps for
Wales
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and toured on the
1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
In 1959, the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against but lost the international series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. They also played two matches in Canada, ...
. He died in November 2016 at the age of 81.
International matches played
Wales
[Smith (1980), pg 466.]
* 1958
* 1958, 1961, 1962
* 1958, 1961
* 1958, 1961, 1962
* 1958, 1961, 1962
* 1960
Bibliography
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References
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1934 births
2016 deaths
Barbarian F.C. players
Bridgend RFC players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Cardiff RFC players
Rugby union players from Blackwood, Caerphilly
Rugby union locks
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players