Gareth Williams (rugby union, born 1954)

Gareth Williams
Date of birth	6 November 1954
Place of birth	Bedlinog, Wales
Date of death	12 May 2018 (aged 63)
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
School	Bridgend Grammar School
University	Cardiff College of Education
Occupation(s)	teacher and later Building Society Manager
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Bridgend RFC
–	Barbarian F.C.
–	Glamorgan County RFC
International career
Years	Team
1980–1982	Wales
1980	British and Irish Lions

Gareth Powell Williams (6 November 1954 – 12 May 2018)^[1] was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for Bridgend RFC. In 1980, he toured South Africa with the British Lions^[2] as a replacement for the injured Stuart Lane.

He had suffered with multiple system atrophy since 2012 and had been bed-bound since 2017. He died in May 2018.^[3]

He was the brother of Owain Williams.^[4]

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