Kenneth Ivor Charles Waters (born 9 October 1961) is a Welsh former
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 ...
international player.
Rugby union career
Born in
Cwmbran
Cwmbran ( ; , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales.
Lying within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was ...
, Waters played for
Newbridge RFC
Newbridge RFC is a Welsh rugby union club based in Newbridge, Caerphilly, in South Wales. Newbridge RFC was formed in 1888 and joined the WRU in 1911. They play in the WRU Welsh Championship East.
Club history
Newbridge RFC was established in ...
and was an uncapped member of the
1991 Wales rugby union tour of Australia. His only international cap came at the
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup () was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Six Nations Championship, Five Na ...
, as the starting hooker in Wales' opening pool match against
Western Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabit ...
, in which they suffered an unexpected loss. He lost his place to
Garin Jenkins
Garin Jenkins (born 18 August 1966) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a hooker. He earned 58 caps for the Wales national team between 1991 and 2000, the most by a hooker until he was surpassed by Matthew Rees in Ju ...
and spent the rest of the tournament on the bench.
Personal life
Waters is a former officer with
Gwent Police
Gwent Police () is a territorial police force in Wales, responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.
The force was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of Monmouthshire ...
.
In 2017, Waters was diagnosed with
motor neurone disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or—in the United States—Lou Gehrig's disease (LGD), is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and low ...
.
See also
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List of Wales national rugby union players
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References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Cwmbran
Rugby union hookers
Newbridge RFC players
People with motor neuron disease
1991 Rugby World Cup players
Welsh police officers