Gerald Williams (rugby union)

Gerald Williams
Date of birth (1954-10-21) 21 October 1954 (age 70)
Place of birthSwansea, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1981–82 Wales 4 (0)

Gerald Williams (born 21 October 1954) is a Welsh former rugby union international.[1]

Born in Swansea, Williams attended Heol Gam Comprehensive School.[2]

Williams was a scrum-half, who played a lot of his rugby with Bridgend RFC, notably captaining them to a win over Australia at Brewery Field in 1981.[3] He gained four Wales caps across the 1981 and 1982 Five Nations Championships.[2]

Retiring as a player at age 34, Williams was briefly coach of the Glamorgan Wanderers.[4]

Williams joined South Wales Police in 1989, initially as a crime scene investigator, before beginning a long career as a fingerprint laboratory technician two years later. He was involved in investigating the scene of the Clydach murders.[2]

  1. ^ "Gerald Williams". Wales Online. 22 September 2006.
  2. ^ a b c "Former rugby international Gerald is a dab hand". Wales Online. 22 September 2006.
  3. ^ "Tourists at cross-roads". Liverpool Echo. 29 October 1981.
  4. ^ "Ex-Wales star is new coach at Wanderers". South Wales Echo. 27 April 1987.