Peter Robbins

Peter George Derek Robbins (21 September 193325 March 1987), also known as P. G. D. Robbins, was an international rugby union player who earned 19 caps playing for England.

Life Robbins was born in Coventry on 21 September 1933, with his twin David, the eighth and ninth children of twelve by Charles and Jessamine Robbins. He was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, with National Service in the Royal Air Force Regiment in between. to 1968, before going into commerce. After several employments he eventually set up his own company, West Midlands Cleaning Services in 1979.

On 2 March 1988 a match between Penguin International RFC and Oxford University RFC was played as the P G D Robbins memorial match.

Sporting career Robbins played the position then known as wing forward in the back row, firstly for Coventry and Oxford University where he earned 4 “blues” and was captain of his final match. He played in the combined Oxford and Cambridge team's international tours in 1955, 1956 and 1957. It was while still a student that he played for England the first time on 21 January 1956, against Wales. He went on to play for England a total of 19 times, the last being 17 March 1962 against Scotland. and was player-manager for the 1963 Oxford and Cambridge rugby tour of East and South Africa.

On the field, he was known for his speed, and according to fellow team player M. J. K. Smith "I never saw him commit a foul in his life."