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Anthony Lawrence Horton (13 July 1938 - 9 March 2020) [1] was an England international rugby union player.
Horton was capped seven times as a prop for England between 1965 and 1967 [2] and was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa, where he played in three of the four international matches against South Africa.
He played club rugby for Blackheath.
Rhys Haydn Williams, born in Cwmllynfell, was a Welsh rugby union lock forward who gained 23 caps for Wales and ten consecutive caps for the British Lions. At club level he played primarily for Llanelli RFC, captaining them for a season. He also represented the Barbarians becoming the most capped Welsh representative of the club. In his later life he became a sports administrator, including the role of vice-president of the Welsh Rugby Union. Rugby historian John Griffiths described Williams as "the finest line-jumper in the world" and "the most accomplished British lock of the 1950s".
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