Gareth Powell Williams (6 November 1954 – 12 May 2018) was a

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international

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player who played club rugby for

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. In 1980, he toured

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with the British Lions as a replacement for the injured Stuart Lane. He had suffered with

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since 2012 and had been bed-bound since 2017. He died in May 2018. He was the brother of Owain Williams.

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