Robin Davies (rugby union)
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Full nameRobin Havard Davies
Born12 January 1934
Battersea, London, England
Died7 October 2011 (aged 77)
Penarth, Wales
SchoolKing's College School
| Full name | Robin Havard Davies | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 January 1934 Battersea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 2011 (aged 77) Penarth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King's College School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Havard Davies (12 January 1934 — 7 October 2011) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born and raised in London, Davies was educated at King's College School in the city's Wimbledon district and gained three rugby blues while a chemistry student at the University of Oxford.[1]
Davies gained six Wales caps playing as a wing-forward between 1957 and 1962, which included their win over the touring 1957–58 Wallabies at Cardiff Arms Park.[2] He toured South Africa with the Barbarians in 1958 and took over as captain of his club London Welsh in the 1959–60 season.[3]