Don Devereux (18 October,

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– 8 February

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) was a Welsh international prop who played

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for

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and

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for

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. He won three caps for the

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rugby union team and also represented Wales at schools and youth level.

Rugby career

Devereux was born in Neath, but played for second class team

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before moving to one of Wales's biggest clubs Neath. Devereux made his Wales début against the 1958 touring Australian team, and the next year played in two games in the

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under the captaincy of

Clem Thomas Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas (28 January 1929 – 5 September 1996) was a international rugby union player. A flanker, he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity Match in 1949 and played for Brynamman, Swansea, Lond ...

. Of the three games Devereux played he was never on the losing side, with Wales winning two of the matches, and drawing one against England. In 1958, Devereux ended his rugby union international career by switching to the professional rugby league team Huddersfield. Devereux played at in

's 10–16 defeat by

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in the 1960 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1960–61 season at

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, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1960. Devereux returned to Wales in 1963 to take up a teaching post. He coached rugby union at Mountain Ash Grammar School in the 1970s. He built a sound reputation as a schoolboy rugby coach, and later became coach of the Welsh Secondary Schools squad, but objections were raised regarding his past associations with rugby league and Devereux relinquished his role.Cleary, Mick; Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96, Headline Book Publishing, pg. 431

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 465. * 1958 * 1958 * 1958

Bibliography

References

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