Pat Daniels (rugby union)

Pat Daniels
Full namePatrick Charles Thomas Daniels
Date of birth (1957-03-15) 15 March 1957 (age 67)
Place of birthCardiff, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Winger
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1981–82 Wales 2 (0)

Patrick Charles Thomas Daniels (born 15 March 1957) is a Welsh former rugby union international.

Daniels was born in Cardiff and educated at Millfield School, which had also produced his Wales predecessors Gareth Edwards and J. P. R. Williams.[1] He played with Glamorgan Wanderers early in his career.[2]

The Welsh Rugby Writers' Association named Daniels as most country's most promising player in 1978 and he was on the Wales squad for that year's tour of Australia. His first Test cap didn't come until Australia's reciprocal tour in 1981, as a centre in Wales' win over the visitors in Cardiff.[3] He earned one further cap in a loss to Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1982 Five Nations Championship. He played 143 games for Cardiff RFC and scored 71 tries.[2]

  1. ^ "Allen pedigree". The Daily Telegraph. 2 November 2006.
  2. ^ a b Orders, Mark (10 August 2022). "What became of the 42 rugby players officially named the most promising in Wales". Wales Online.
  3. ^ "Wales live dangerously but deserve their glory". The North Wales Weekly News. 10 December 1981.