Eric Evans (Welsh Rugby Union) Eric Evans (Welsh Rugby Union) William Eric Evans (27 February 1894 – 21 June 1955) was a Welsh rugby player and the secretary of the Welsh Rugby Union from 1948–1955. Born in Neath in 1894, Evans left Wales to study at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He returned to Neath during his vacations where he played for the Neath Rugby Club. The outbreak of the First World War prevented Evans completing his university education and he was posted at Gallipoli. After the end of hostilities he returned to Cambridge and graduated in 1922. He returned to Wales and became English master
Ray Williams (Welsh rugby union coach) Ray Williams (Welsh rugby union coach) Ray Williams, OBE (25 August 1927 – 3 December 2014) was the world's first professional full-time rugby union coach. He was the national coaching director of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in the late 1960s and through the 1970s, devising the strategies that led Wales to dominate rugby in Europe at that time. He was also a major influence on former Australian national coach Bob Templeton. A talented player in his younger years, Williams played for London Welsh, Northampton, Moseley, and East Midlands. He was selected to trial for the Welsh national team as