About John Watkins
Born 1945. John Watkins is a rugby union player.
John Arthur Watkins (born 28 November 1945) is an English former rugby union international.
Watkins was born in Gloucester and attended Linden Secondary Modern School.
A flanker, Watkins was capped seven times for England in the early 1970s, which included overseas wins against the Springboks and All Blacks, the former playing as a makeshift tighthead prop.
Watkins won three county championships with Gloucestershire and made 389 senior appearances for Gloucester RFC, captaining the club to the 1977–78 John Player Cup title.
In 2023, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Gloucester Rugby, John Watkins was inducted into the Gloucester Rugby Hall of Fame.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Watkins. https://biography.guide/john-watkins-rugby-union-player/
MLA: "John Watkins." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/john-watkins-rugby-union-player/.
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