Gareth Williams
Date of birth(1954-11-06)6 November 1954
Place of birthBedlinog, Wales
Date of death12 May 2018(2018-05-12) (aged 63)
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
SchoolBridgend Grammar School
UniversityCardiff College of Education
Occupation(s)teacher and later Building Society Manager
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Bridgend RFC
Barbarian F.C.
Glamorgan County RFC
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
19801982
1980
Wales
British and Irish Lions
5
0
(0)
(0)

Gareth Powell Williams (6 November 1954 – 12 May 2018)[1] was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for Bridgend RFC. In 1980, he toured South Africa with the British Lions[2] as a replacement for the injured Stuart Lane.

He had suffered with multiple system atrophy since 2012 and had been bed-bound since 2017. He died in May 2018.[3]

He was the brother of Owain Williams.[4]

Notes

  1. Gareth Williams player profile Scrum.com
  2. Gareth Williams Lions profile lionsrugby.com
  3. "Former Wales rugby forward Gareth Williams dies aged 63". BBC News. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. Thomas, Simon (13 September 2021). "Wales international Owain Williams dies three years after his brother". WalesOnline.
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