Roy Evans (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Evans | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1957–65 | Wigan | 252 | 34 | 102 | ||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961–62 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Roy Evans is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.
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Playing career
International honours
Roy Evans won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1961 against New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1962 against France, and New Zealand.[1]
Championship final appearances
Roy Evans played Loose forward/Lock in Wigan's 27-3 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the Championship final during the 1959–60 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 21 May 1960.[2]
Challenge Cup final appearances
Roy Evans played Loose forward/Lock in Wigan's 30-13 victory over Hull in the 1959 Challenge Cup final during the 1958–59 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1959, and played Right-Second-row,[3] i.e. number 12 in the 20-16 victory over Hunslet in the 1965 Challenge Cup final during the 1964–65 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1965.[4]
County League appearances
Roy Evans played in Wigan's victories in the Lancashire League during the 1958–59 season, and 1961–62 season.[5]
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