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Rex Willis

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NameRex Willis
Full nameWilliam Rex Willis
Birth date (Y-M-D)1924-10-25
Place of birthYstrad Rhondda, Wales
Death date (Y-M-D)2000-01-19
Occupationbusinessman

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Rex Willis (25 October, 1924 - 19 January 2000) was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. He won 21 caps for Wales and was selected to play in the British Lions on the 1950 tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Born in 1924 in Ystrad in the Rhondda Valley, Willis is recognised as one of the toughest players Wales has produced, not only able to take heavy tackles himself, but also protected those players around him. He is often remembered for playing the last half hour of the 1952 Five Nations Championship against Scotland with his jaw broken in several places.

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Jim Leonhard out for the season with broken tibia - National Football Post Tweet this news
National Football Post--The surgery will be performed by Dr. Ken Montgomery, Dr. Andrew -Willis- and Dr. Pat Grob conducting the procedure. The fracture didn't puncture the skin. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:28:50 GMT+00:00
Dorothy Mae Willis - Daily Ardmoreite Tweet this news
Daily Ardmoreite--Honorary bearers will be Deacons of Nazarene Baptist Church, Dr. Tom O'Connor and Dr. -Rex- Stockard. The funeral home will be open until 9 pm this evening ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:30:56 GMT+00:00
Bushwick art galleries: Hidden-gem establishments offer an art experience off ... - CU Columbia Spectator Tweet this news
CU Columbia Spectator--Josh -Willis's- paintings depict a variety of permutations on the Tower of Babel image, which he arrives at through successive applications and scrapings of ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:08:09 GMT+00:00
Kinston woman accuses neighbor's dogs of killing her dog, injuring another - ENC Today Tweet this news
ENC Today--He went outside to investigate, and saw the two pit bulls attacking Snowball � -Rex- was already dead. “They were tearing the dog up,” -Willis- said. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:18:19 GMT+00:00
NASA May Send Probe to Earthbound Asteroid - Newser Tweet this news
Newser--(Newser) - Somebody call Bruce -Willis-, because NASA is considering landing a probe on an asteroid that's ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:10:29 GMT+00:00
Sheriff's Office weekly crime reports: May 5 - Ultimate Conroe (blog) Tweet this news
Ultimate Conroe (blog)--A 40 year old male from -Willis- was arrested at 12:55am, April 29, in the 300 block of S. Woodson by Deputy R. Salazar for a blue warrant issued out of TDCJ. ... - Date : Wed, 05 May 2010 15:34:07 GMT+00:00

National team
YearsClub / teamCapsPoints
1950-1955
1950 		Wales
British Lions		21
3		(0)
(0)

Amateur clubs
YearsClub / team
?
?-1956
1951-1952 		Llandaff RFC
Cardiff RFC
Barbarian F.C.

Barbarian team captains - International Fixtures

To 1999
Apr 1915: Edgar Mobbs(vs.Wal) * Jan 1948: Haydn Tanner(vs.Aus) * Jan 1952: Jimmy Nelson(vs.SA) * Feb 1954: Rex Willis(vs.NZ) * Feb 1958: Cliff Morgan(vs.Aus) * May 1958: Jim Greenwood(vs.East Africa) * Feb 1961: Ronnie Dawson(vs.SA) * Nov 1962: Ron Jacobs(vs.Can) * Feb 1964: Ronnie Dawson(vs.NZ) * Jan 1967: Noel Murphy(vs.Aus) * Dec 1967: Stewart Wilson(vs.NZ) * May 1969: John O'Shea(vs.Rhodesia) * Jan 1970: Gareth Edwards(vs.SA) * May 1970: John Spencer(vs.Sco XV) * Oct 1970: Frank Laidlaw(vs.Fiji) * Jan 1973: John Dawes(vs.NZ) * Nov 1974: Willie John McBride(vs.NZ) * Jan 1976: Mervyn Davies(vs.Aus) * Jun 1976: Phil Bennett(vs.Can) * Sep 1977: Gerald Davies(vs.Lions) * Dec 1978: Derek Quinnell(vs.NZ) * Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont(vs.Aus)'cancelled * Mar 1983: Fergus Slattery(vs.Sco XV) * Dec 1984: Gareth Davies(vs.Aus) * May 1985: Colin Deans(vs.Ita) * Nov 1988: Philip Matthews(vs.Aus) * Nov 1989: David Sole(vs.NZ) * Sep 1990: Nick Farr-Jones(vs.Eng) * Oct 1990: Nick Farr-Jones(vs.Wales) * Nov 1990: (vs.Arg) * Sep 1991: (vs.Sco) * Jun 1992: (vs.Rus) * Nov 1992: (vs.Aus) * Dec 1993: Scott Hastings(vs.NZ) * Jun 1994: (vs.Zim) * Dec 1994: Robert Jones(vs.SA) * 1996: (vs.Ire) * Aug 1996: (vs.Sco) * Aug 1996: Arran Pene(vs.Wal) * Dec 1996: (vs.Aus) *
From 2000
May 2000: Ian Jones(vs.Ire) * May 2000: Zinzan Brooke(vs.Sco) * Aug 2000: (vs.Ger) * Dec 2000: Lawrence Dallaglio(vs.SA) * May 2001: (vs.Wal) * May 2001: Tim Horan(vs.Sco) * May 2001: Gary Teichmann(vs.Eng) * Nov 2001: Rob Howley(vs.Aus) * May 2002: Todd Blackadder(vs.Eng) * May 2002: Pat Lam(vs.Wal) * Jun 2002: Ian Jones(vs.Sco) * May 2003: Taine Randell (vs.Eng) * May 2003: Mick Galwey (vs.Sco) * May 2003: Mark Connors (vs.Wal) * May 2004: Taine Randell (vs.Sco) * May 2004: Matt Burke (vs.Wal) * May 2004: Anton Oliver (vs.Eng) * Jun 2004: Rob Baxter (vs.Por) * Dec 2004: Justin Marshall (vs.NZ) * May 2005: David Humphreys (vs.Sco) * May 2005: Corné Krige (vs.Eng) * May 2006: Raphaël Ibañez (vs.Eng) * May 2006: Will Greenwood (vs.Sco) * Jun 2006: Bobby Skinstad (vs.Geo) * May 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs.Tun) * Jun 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs.Esp) * Dec 2007: Mark Regan (vs.SA) * May 2008: (vs.Bel) * May 2008: Morgan Turinui (vs.Ire) * Jun 2008: Mark Regan (vs.Eng) * Dec 2008: John Smit (vs.Aus) * May 2009: Martin Corry (vs.Eng) * Jun 2009: Phil Waugh (vs.Aus) * Dec 2009: Victor Matfield (vs.NZ) * May 2010: Xavier Rush (vs.Eng) * Jun 2010: Xavier Rush (vs.Ire) * Dec 2010: TBC (vs.SA) *



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