Peter Williams (rugby, born 1958)

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Peter Williams

Personal information

Full name

Peter Nicholas Williams

Born

14 December 1958 (age 65)
Wigan, England

Playing information

Rugby union

Position

Fly-half

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1977–88	Orrell R.U.F.C.
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1988–≤88	Lancashire
1987	England	4	0	0	0	0

Rugby league

Position

Centre

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1988–94	Salford	154	35	0	0	140
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989	Great Britain	2	1	0	0	4
1989	Lancashire	1	0	0	0	0
1992	Wales	1	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[1]^[2]

Peter Nicholas Williams (born 14 December 1958) is an English-born former dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union for England and Lancashire, and at club level for Orrell R.U.F.C., as a Fly-half and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a centre.^[3]

Background

Peter Williams was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, and attended Upholland Grammar School.^[4] His father, Roy Williams, was a prop forward who played rugby union for Llanelli RFC and rugby league for Wigan, and later became a solicitor after finishing his playing career.^[5]

He worked as a physical education and history teacher, but later re-trained to become a physiotherapist when he began playing rugby league.^[5]

Rugby union career

Williams debuted for Orrell in 1977.^[6] He went on to represent Lancashire in the County Championship, and played in the 1979–80 and 1981–82 Championship finals. He won caps for England while at Orrell in the 1987 Five Nations Championship against Scotland and in the 1987 Rugby World Cup against Australia, Japan, and Wales.^[7]

In 1996, Williams returned to Orrell as director of rugby.^[8] He resigned in April 1997.^[9] He then spent two years as an assistant coach at Wigan,^[4] where he also made appearances as a player.^[10]^[11]

Rugby league career

Salford

In March 1988, Williams switched codes to join rugby league club Salford.^[12]

Williams played fullback (replaced by substitute Ian Blease) in Salford's 17–22 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988.^[13] and played left-centre and scored a try in the 18–24 defeat by Widnes in the 1990 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.

He retired at the end of the 1993–94 season.^[14]

International career

Williams won two caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Salford in 1989 against France (2 matches).^[1] He also played for Wales in 1992 while at Salford. He is sometimes credited as the first person to play rugby union for England and rugby league for Wales,^[5] but this was first done by Thomas Woods in the 1920s.

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistics at Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Player Summary: Peter Williams". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
^ ^a ^b "'I'd signed for Salford day before RFU called'". The Rugby Paper. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Williams in dual purpose". The Independent. London. 13 December 1992. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Good Start For Orrell". Skelmersdale Reporter. 7 September 1977. p. 2.
^ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". ESPNscrum. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Walls come tumbling down at Central Park". The Independent. 28 March 1996. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "No Headline". The Independent. 9 April 1997. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "Warrington RU Scoring Record Ends". Warrington Guardian. 2 October 1998. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "Park share trophy". Lancashire Telegraph. 30 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "Testing start for Salford new boy". The Guardian. London. 23 March 1988. p. 15. ProQuest 186843296.
^ "1988–1989 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "Rugby League: Club-by-club guide to the new season". The Independent. London. 18 August 1994. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

v t e England squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Bainbridge Chilcott Dawe Dooley D. Egerton Hall Moore Pearce Probyn Redman Rees Rendall Richards Winterbottom
Backs	Andrew Bailey Clough Davies Harding Harrison (c) Hill Rose Salmon Simms R. Underwood Webb Williams
Head coach: Green