Cyril Challinor
Wales international rugby union player
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Cyril Challinor (13 May 1912 — 29 November 1976) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Challinor hailed from Crynant near Neath and joined Crynant RFC as a teenager.[1]
A wing-forward, Challinor moved to Neath RFC during the 1933–34 season, from where he gained his solitary Wales cap in the 1939 Home Nations, playing against England at Twickenham.[2]
Challinor remained with Neath until retiring after the 1945–46 season, but continued to serve the club with various roles on the committee, including chairman.[3] He was an engineering foreman by profession and worked at Blaenant Colliery.[1]