Rugby player
 Robins in New Zealand in 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | John Denning Robins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 February 2007(2007-02-21) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Llandaff Cathedral School Wellington School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Denning Robins (17 May 1926 – 21 February 2007) was a Welsh international rugby union player who attained 11 caps for Wales between 1950 and 1953. A prop, he toured New Zealand and Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 1950 and became the first Lions coach, on the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand.
Robins was born in Cardiff. He was educated at Llandaff Cathedral School and Wellington School. He joined the Royal Navy and served in World War II. He played for England in two wartime Services Internationals. He trained as a teacher at Loughborough and returned there as a lecturer before taking up the post of Director of Physical Education and Recreation at Sheffield University and subsequently the same position at University College, Cardiff.
Robins played for Leicester Tigers and was a noted goal-kicker despite being a prop.
References
- John Robins. scrum.com
- Terry McNeill (11 April 1960). "John Robins kicks 14 of Tigers 17 points, Welsh veteran hits Newport". Leicester Evening Mail. p. 12.
| British Lions – 1950 tour to New Zealand and Australia | |
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| Backs | |
| Coach | Leslie B. Osborne |
| British Lions – 1966 Australia and New Zealand tour | |
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| Coach | Robins |
- 1926 births
- 2007 deaths
- Rugby union players from Cardiff
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Welsh rugby union coaches
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby union players
- London Welsh RFC players
- British & Irish Lions coaches
- Loughborough Students RUFC players
- Combined Services rugby union players
- People educated at Wellington School, Somerset
- Royal Navy personnel of World War II
- People educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff
- Leicester Tigers players
- Rugby union props