Robin Davies (rugby union) explained

Robin Davies
Full Name:Robin Harvard Davies
Birth Date:12 January 1934
Birth Place:Battersea, London, England
Death Place:Penarth, Wales
School:King's College School
University:University of Oxford
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1957–62
Repcaps1:6
Reppoints1:3

Robin Harvard Davies (12 January 1934 — 7 October 2011) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Born and raised in London, Davies was educated at King's College School in the city's Wimbledon district and gained three rugby blues while a chemistry student at the University of Oxford.[1]

Davies gained six Wales caps playing as a wing-forward between 1957 and 1962, which included their win over the touring 1957–58 Wallabies at Cardiff Arms Park.[2] He toured South Africa with the Barbarians in 1958 and took over as captain of his club London Welsh in the 1959–60 season.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robin Harvard Davies . Barbarians.
  2. News: Wales in a second half recovery . . 4 January 1958.
  3. News: Mistaken loyalty? . . 31 August 1959.