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 Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

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

WalesSmith (1980), pg 466. * 1958 * 1958, 1961, 1962 * 1958, 1961 * 1958, 1961, 1962 * 1958, 1961, 1962 * 1960

Bibliography

* *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, William Roderick 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