Ian Roger Robinson (21 February 1944 — 24 July 2014) was a Welsh
rugby union international.
Robinson was raised in
Rumney, Cardiff and educated at
Cae'r Castell School.
Capped twice for
Wales during the
1974 Five Nations Championship
The 1974 Five Nations Championship was the forty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eightieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby un ...
, Robinson was a 6 ft 6 in lock, renowned for his hardness.
He spent his entire career with
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 ...
, playing 384 first-class games.
A salesman by profession, Robinson married his wife Jenny in 1993. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 70.
See also
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List of Wales national rugby union players
References
External links
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1944 births
2014 deaths
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Cardiff RFC players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union players from Cardiff
People from Rumney, Cardiff