Geoff Evans (rugby union, born 1942)

(Redirected from Geoff Evans (rugby union born 1942)) Welsh rugby union player This article is about the Wales rugby union player. For the England rugby union player, see Geoff Evans (rugby union, born 1950).

Thomas Geoffrey Evans, (born 1 May 1942) is a former Wales international rugby union player, who was born in Llanelli. In 1971 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions as a replacement. He won seven Wales caps as a lock forward at the start of the 1970s and also played club rugby for London Welsh RFC.

Evans became manager of the Wales RFU team in 1995, following the resignation of the previous management after Wales lost all four matches in the Five Nations championship. He was appointed a Welsh selector in 1993.

References

^ "Banking on success". Times Higher. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
"Rugby Union: Davies' power diminishes: Out-of-step Wales increase number of selectors". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

External links

Geoff Evans at ESPNscrum

v t e British Lions – 1971 New Zealand tour
Forwards	Arneil Brown Carmichael Davies Dixon Evans Hipwell Laidlaw Lynch McBride McLauchlan McLoughlin Pullin Quinnell Roberts Slattery Stevens Thomas Taylor
Backs	Bevan Biggar Davies Dawes (c) Duckham Edwards Gibson Hiller Hopkins John Lewis Rea Spencer Williams
Coach	James

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