John Watkins (rugby union)
| Full name | John Arthur Watkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Linden Secondary School, Gloucester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Arthur Watkins (born 28 November 1945) is an English former rugby union international.
Watkins was born in Gloucester and attended Linden Secondary Modern School.[1]
A flanker, Watkins was capped seven times for England in the early 1970s, which included overseas wins against the Springboks and All Blacks, the former playing as a makeshift tighthead prop.[2]
Watkins won three county championships with Gloucestershire and made 389 senior appearances for Gloucester RFC, captaining the club to the 1977–78 John Player Cup title.[1][3]
In 2023, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Gloucester Rugby, John Watkins was inducted into the Gloucester Rugby Hall of Fame.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Watkins, John". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
- ^ Botherway, Nigel (30 October 2023). "Caught in Time: South Africa v England, 1972". The Times.
- ^ "Mogg magic". Sunday Mirror. 16 April 1978.
- ^ "Gloucester Rugby Hall of Fame | Gloucester Rugby". www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
External links
[edit]- John Watkins at ESPNscrum