Billy Joe Watkins

Billy Watkins

Billy Watkins ( rugby ) William Watkins " William " Billy " Watkins " is a Welsh people rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing club level rugby union ( RU ) for Cross Keys RFC, and playing representative level rugby league ( RL ) for Great Britain national rugby league team, and Wales national rugby league team, and at club level for Salford City Reds, as a, i....

Billy Watkins was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name " Les Diables Rouges ", the seventeen players were; Joseph Bradbury, Bob Brown ( rugby league ), Aubrey Casewell, Patrick Dalton, Hubert Day, Clifford Evans ( rugby league ), John Feetham, George Harris ( rugby league ), Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Samuel Miller ( rugby league ), Harold Osbaldestin, Leslie Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins, and Billy Williams ( rugby ).

Cross Keys RFC player • Football player who switched code • Great Britain national rugby league team player • Rugby league halfback • Salford City Reds player • Wales national rugby league team player • Welsh rugby league player • Welsh rugby union player • Club

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