Meirion Roberts
| Full name | Hugh Meirion Roberts | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 September 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abergwyngregyn, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 January 2025 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Cardiff High School | ||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Meirion Roberts (11 September 1934 – 6 January 2025) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Abergwyngregyn in the north of Wales, Roberts moved to Cardiff in his youth and learned his rugby at Cardiff High School, winning Welsh Schools representative honours.[1] He was a Welsh trialist while playing for Cardiff HSOB.[2]
Roberts, who captained Cardiff, was capped eight times as a centre by Wales during the early 1960s. He debuted against the Springboks at Cardiff in 1960 and took part in three Five Nations campaigns, gaining eight total caps.[3]
He died on 6 January 2025.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Meirion Roberts". Rygbi Gogledd Cymru.
- ^ "WRU recognises contribution of north Wales". Welsh Rugby Union. 15 January 2008.
- ^ "Cardiff HSOB are up to the grade in Division Four East". Wales Online. 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Wales and Cardiff centre Roberts dies aged 90". BBC. 6 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Meirion Roberts at ESPNscrum