Billy James (rugby union)

William John James (born 18 July 1956)[1] is a former Welsh international rugby union player.

Billy James
Birth nameWilliam John James
Date of birth(1956-07-18)18 July 1956
Place of birthPort Talbot, Wales
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Aberavon RFC ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983-1987 Wales 21 (4)

A hooker, he captained the Wales national rugby union team on one occasion against Ireland in 1987. James played his club rugby for Aberavon RFC where he was initially nurtured under the eye of club legend and then Captain Morton Howells, whom he succeeded in the front row berth.

James was one of three front row Internationals in the Aberavon RFC side at that time - Clive Williams and John Richardson being the others.

He captained Aberavon RFC in the 1979–80, 1980-1, 1984-5, 1987-88 & 1988-9 seasons.

In 1989 James was one of several leading players who fell out with the management of the club over several issues, the major one being finance and the way forward. No agreement was reached and he was one of nineteen players who left the club. He finished his career with Swansea RFC

Notes
  1. Billy James player profile Scrum.com


gollark: Hmmmm... no.
gollark: There is much more detailing its many problems.
gollark: That's just a sort of preambley bit.
gollark: ```I can’t even say what’s wrong with PHP, because— okay. Imagine youhave uh, a toolbox. A set of tools. Looks okay, standard stuff inthere.You pull out a screwdriver, and you see it’s one of those weirdtri-headed things. Okay, well, that’s not very useful to you, butyou guess it comes in handy sometimes.You pull out the hammer, but to your dismay, it has the claw part onboth sides. Still serviceable though, I mean, you can hit nails withthe middle of the head holding it sideways.You pull out the pliers, but they don’t have those serratedsurfaces; it’s flat and smooth. That’s less useful, but it stillturns bolts well enough, so whatever.And on you go. Everything in the box is kind of weird and quirky,but maybe not enough to make it completely worthless. And there’s noclear problem with the set as a whole; it still has all the tools.Now imagine you meet millions of carpenters using this toolbox whotell you “well hey what’s the problem with these tools? They’re allI’ve ever used and they work fine!” And the carpenters show you thehouses they’ve built, where every room is a pentagon and the roof isupside-down. And you knock on the front door and it just collapsesinwards and they all yell at you for breaking their door.That’s what’s wrong with PHP.```From the fractal of bad design article.
gollark: Are you suggesting Assembly is fine for webapps too?
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.