Robert Thompson Foulds (27 April 1906 – 28 February 1987) was an English international

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player. Foulds was born in

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, Liverpool, and educated at

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on the Isle of Man. He joined

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while still a schoolboy and was a member of their junior sides for several seasons before making the first XV in 1924–25, then progressing into the Lancashire representative team a season later. A strong scrummager, Foulds was only the second Waterloo forward, after Joe Periton, to gain an

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cap. He was capped twice during the 1929 Five Nations. His debut against Wales at Twickenham was as a front-rower and he was moved to the back-row for their match with Ireland at the same ground.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foulds, Roy 1906 births 1987 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players Rugby union forwards Rugby union players from Liverpool People from West Derby Waterloo F.C. players Lancashire County RFU players People educated at King William's College 20th-century English sportsmen

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