Gareth Williams (rugby union, born 1954)

Gareth Williams

Date of birth	(1954-11-06)6 November 1954
Place of birth	Bedlinog, Wales
Date of death	12 May 2018(2018-05-12) (aged 63)
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
School	Bridgend Grammar School
University	Cardiff 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) 1980–1982 Wales 5 (0) 1980 British and Irish Lions 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 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 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.