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England international rugby union player

Rugby player

Royston Winters

Birth name Royston Anthony Maria Winters
Date of birth (1975-12-13) 13 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Cuckfield, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 17 st 11 lb (113 kg)
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) LockSenior careerYears Team Apps (Points)1995–20002000–20052005–13 Loughborough StudentsBedford RFCHarlequinsBristol 188[1] (15)International careerYears Team Apps **(Points)**2007 England2(0)

Royston "Roy" Winters (born 13 December 1975) is a former English rugby union player. A lock, Winters last played in the Aviva Championship for Bristol.[2] He began his career playing for Haywards Heath RFC before becoming professional.[3]

Winters was first called up to the senior England squad by Clive Woodward for the 2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa.[4]

Winters had a good 2006-07 Guinness Premiership, coming second in the voting for the PRA Player of the Year and then followed up by being selected for the 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa.[2] He made his debut for England against South Africa in Bloemfontein on 26 May 2007. He was named captain of Bristol for the 2009-10 RFU Championship.[2]

  1. ^ "Winters set to retire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c profile at www.bristolrugby.co.uk Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 15 January 2009
  3. ^ "Back Row Star at Heath".
  4. ^ "Johnson reclaims England captaincy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 June 2000. Retrieved 9 February 2016.