Full name | Ronald Evans | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 6 November 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bridgend, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 10 March 2023 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
|
Ronald Evans (6 November 1941 — March 2023) was a Welsh international rugby union player. [1]
Born in Bridgend, Evans attended Tondu Junior School and Bryncethin Secondary School, where he was a prefect. He was a product of the Bryncethin Youth team and played his early senior rugby with Neath. [2]
Evans, an attacking centre and skilled drop goal exponent, scored 18 tries in his first season with Bridgend in 1961/62. [3] He made three appearances for Wales in the 1963 Five Nations, debuting against Scotland at Murrayfield. A policeman by profession, Evans was rugby captain of Glamorgan County Police and had a 440-point season for the team in 1966/67. [4]
Full name | Ronald Evans | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 6 November 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bridgend, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 10 March 2023 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
|
Ronald Evans (6 November 1941 — March 2023) was a Welsh international rugby union player. [1]
Born in Bridgend, Evans attended Tondu Junior School and Bryncethin Secondary School, where he was a prefect. He was a product of the Bryncethin Youth team and played his early senior rugby with Neath. [2]
Evans, an attacking centre and skilled drop goal exponent, scored 18 tries in his first season with Bridgend in 1961/62. [3] He made three appearances for Wales in the 1963 Five Nations, debuting against Scotland at Murrayfield. A policeman by profession, Evans was rugby captain of Glamorgan County Police and had a 440-point season for the team in 1966/67. [4]