Wilson Lauder (born 4 November 1948) is a former Scotland
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 based in Wales.
Early life
Lauder was born in the village of
Thornton in Fife, Scotland. He spent several years of his childhood in
Rhodesia
Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state, unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to the ...
and when he was 11 years of age his family settled in
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 ...
, Wales, where he attended
Heol Gam Secondary School.
Rugby career
Having not played rugby union until his arrival in Wales, Lauder developed his game under the mentorship of Wales fullback
Grahame Hodgson
Grahame Thornton Ridgeway Hodgson (1 December 1936 – 23 January 2016) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Hodgson was born in Ogmore Vale, and played club rugby for Ogmore Vale RFC, Aberavon RFC, Bridgend RFC, Exeter RFC, Exeter ...
, who taught at his school. He represented Wales Schoolboys in 1963–64.
Lauder played his early rugby with
Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major () is a town and community (Wales), community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population (13,366 in 2001) after Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Barry and ...
, before switching to
Neath
Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,2 ...
in the 1967–68 season, to begin a 10-year career at The Gnoll. In 1971, he broke the Neath record for most points in a game twice in the space of a fortnight.
A flanker, Lauder represented the country of his birth in international rugby. He earned 18 times caps for
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
between 1969 and 1977, featuring in overseas tours to Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.
Lauder played for
Maesteg
Maesteg (; ) is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2011, Maesteg had a population of 20,612. The English translatio ...
after leaving Neath and was later coach of Llantwit Major.
See also
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List of Scotland national rugby union players
This is a list of Scottish national rugby union players, i.e. those who have played for the Scotland national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), Test match.
In 2023, the Scottish Rugby ...
References
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1948 births
Living people
Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby union players
Llantwit Major RFC players
Neath RFC players
Maesteg RFC players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from Fife
Rugby union players from Bridgend
People educated at Ysgol Brynteg