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Stuart Watkins - Wing

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Stuart Watkins
Height188
Weight81
Date Of Birth05/06/1941
Place Of BirthNewport
EducationCaerleon Secondary Modern School
ClubsCardiff, Newport, Cross Keys
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions
InvitationalBarbarians, Crawshays
Stuart Watkins was born in Newport in 1941 and started his first class career with Cross keys. Having played 137 games for the club between 1959 and 1963 and scoring 71 tries he joined Newport. In a six year stay at Rodney Parade he played 162 games and scored 115 tries for the club. His move to Cardiff came in 1969 and bu the time he left the club in 1972 he had made 34 appearances and scored 17 tries, also appearing in 23 games for the Athletic XV. His first Welsh cap was in 1964 against Scotland, and he went on to win 26 Welsh Caps as well as appear in seven games for the Barbarians. and 13 games for the 1966 British Lions on their tour to Australia and New Zealand.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1969-1970 14 8 3 3 10 0 0 0 30
1970-1971 14 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 15
1971-1972 5 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
TOTAL 33 21 5 7 17 0 0 0 53
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 22 19 0 3 725 396 94
Llandovery 21 19 0 2 690 331 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19