Ray Hopkins

Ray Hopkins
Ray Hopkins
Full name Raymond Hopkins
Date of birth 8 July 1946(1946-07-08)
Place of birth Maesteg, Wales
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Occupation(s) fitter
Rugby league career
Position Back
Professional clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1972-? Swinton RLFC
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Maesteg RFC
Llanelli RFC
Barbarian F.C.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1970
1971
Wales Wales
United Kingdom British Isles
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Ray "Chico" Hopkins (born on 8 July 1946 in Maesteg, Wales)[1] is a Welsh international rugby player who was also a member of the British Lions.

Outside rugby he was a National Coal Board fitter at their workshop in Maesteg.

Club career

Hopkins played youth rugby union for the Maesteg RFC academy. Later, he played for the senior Maesteg team,[2] Wales, British and Irish Lions, and Llanelli RFC.

Hopkins played for the victorious Llanelli team that played and beat the New Zealand All Blacks at Stradey Park on 31 October 1972. The Scarlets side emerged 9-3 winners of what was a bruising, brutal encounter at a packed Stradey Park with 20,000 supporters. Others to play in the victory included ex Wales Coach Gareth Jenkins and Ray Gravell.

In 1972 Hopkins joined the Swinton RLFC rugby league team, making his debut against Huyton on 3 December that year.[3]

International career

Although he played only 20 minutes for the full international Wales team, Hopkins earned lasting fame in Welsh rugby history due to a notable try against England in 1970.[4] It was unfortunate for him that Gareth Edwards was in possession of the Wales, British, and Irish Lions scrum-half position at the time.

Hopkins moment of fame came during the England v. Wales game at Twickenham in 1970.[5] The Wales team were behind on points with twenty minutes to go. The captain, Gareth Edwards, was injured and had to retire from the game. Hopkins came onto the field as a replacement. He soon scored a try, and, after a conversion by J.P.R. Williams, Wales won the game.

He toured with the 1971 Lions to New Zealand and played in ten games against provincial sides.[6] He was an injury replacement for Gareth Edwards in the Dunedin Test match, which the Lions won, 9-3.

References

  1. ^ Ray Hopkins player profile Scrum.com
  2. ^ The Rugby Clubs of Wales, David Parry-Jones (1989) pg81 ISBN 0-09-173850-4
  3. ^ Jenkins, John M.; et al. (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Rugby Players. Wrexham: Bridge Books. p. 75. ISBN 1872424104. 
  4. ^ Hugh Godwin (1 February 2008). "Enter the dragon: the history of England v Wales". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/enter-the-dragon-the-history-of-england-v-wales-776657.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  5. ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp467 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
  6. ^ Chico Hopkins Lions profile lionsrugby.com



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