John Peter Rhys Williams is a former rugby union footballer. He represented Wales in international rugby during their Golden Era in the 1970s. Williams retired from international rugby union in 1981. He continued to play club rugby for many years, playing throughout the 1980s and 1990s for Bridgend and then for Tondu Thirds into his fifties.
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John Peter Rhys Williams is a former rugby union footballer who represented Wales in international rugby during their Golden Era in the 1970s. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Gerald Davies, Gareth Edwards, Ryan Jones, Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins and Alun Wyn Jones. Williams retired from international rugby union in 1981 and continued his career as an orthopaedic surgeon. He continued to play club rugby for many years, playing throughout the 1980s and 1990s for Bridgend and then for Tondu Thirds into his fifties.
Williams has represented several cricket teams, particularly the Lord’s Taverners team, between 1976 and 2004. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1979 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Thames Television’s Teddington Studios. In 2012 he was chosen by Move Sports to be the ambassador of the 2012 Portugal Rugby Festival.
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