Roy Winters

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Royston Winters
BornRoyston Anthony Maria Winters
(1975-12-13) 13 December 1975 (age 49)
Cuckfield, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight17 st 11 lb (113 kg)
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)

1995–2000
2000–2005
2005–13		 Loughborough Students
Bedford RFC
Harlequins
Bristol


188 [1]


(15)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007 England 2 (0)

Royston "Roy" Winters (born 13 December 1975) is a former English rugby union player. A lock, Winters last played in the Aviva Championship for Bristol. [2] He began his career playing for Haywards Heath RFC before becoming professional. [3]

Winters started his senior career in the backrow, before being turned into an international lock at Bristol. He had the unusual record of representing 3 different clubs (Bristol, Harlequins, and Bedford) over 100 times. He made his England A debut at 7, but was first called up to the senior England squad by Clive Woodward for the 2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa as a lock. [4]

Winters had a good 2006-07 Guinness Premiership, coming second in the voting for the PRA Player of the Year and then followed up by being selected for the 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa. [2] He made his debut for England against South Africa in Bloemfontein on 26 May 2007. He was named captain of Bristol for the 2009-10 RFU Championship. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Winters set to retire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 profile at www.bristolrugby.co.uk Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 15 January 2009
  3. ↑ "Back Row Star at Heath".
  4. ↑ "Johnson reclaims England captaincy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 June 2000. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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