Chris Camilleri (born 4 March 1954) is a Welsh former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

and professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played rugby union (RU) at club level initially for St. Peter's RFC and then

Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Caerdydd) is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, shortly after ...

, and rugby league (RL) at representative level for

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Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

and

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

, and at club level for

Barrow Barrow may refer to: Places England * Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria ** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area ** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) * Barrow, Cheshire * Barrow, Gloucestershire * Barro ...

, Fulham RLFC,

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...

and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a .

International honours

Chris Camilleri won caps for

(RL) while at Barrow in 1980 against France, while at Widnes in 1982 against Australia, and while at Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons in 1984 against England, and won caps for

(RL) while at Barrow in 1980 against New Zealand (2 matches).

County honours

Chris Camilleri represented

References

External links

*(archived by web.archive.org
Barrow RL's great BritonsStatistics at rugby.widnes.tv
{{DEFAULTSORT:Camilleri, Christopher 1954 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Cardiff City Blue Dragons players Cardiff RFC players Cumbria rugby league team players Footballers who switched code Great Britain national rugby league team players London Broncos players Rugby league wingers Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Welsh rugby union players Widnes Vikings players