About Ron Herrera
Lived 1905 – 1973 (aged 68). Ron Herrera was a rugby union player.
Ronald Cecil Herrera (16 January 1905 – 16 March 1973) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Herrera hailed from Wattsville, near Crosskeys, and began playing senior rugby in 1921–22.
A forward, Herrera had a quick rise in rugby and gained his first Wales call up in 1925, within a year of having been in the Cross Keys reserves. He was capped eight times for Wales and scored two tries. By the end of his international career, Herrera had transferred to Newport RFC, upon joining the Newport Borough Police. He retired from rugby in 1931.
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Ron Herrera was born on 16 January 1905.
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Ron Herrera died on 16 March 1973.
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Ron Herrera was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ron Herrera. https://biography.guide/ron-herrera-rugby-union-player/
MLA: "Ron Herrera." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ron-herrera-rugby-union-player/.
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