Royston "Roy" Winters (born 13 December 1975) is a former English

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player. A

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, Winters last played in the Aviva Championship for

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.profile at www.bristolrugby.co.uk
retrieved on 15 January 2009 He began his career playing for

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before becoming professional. Winters was first called up to the senior England squad by

Clive Woodward Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions ...

for the

2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa Matches :''Scores and results list England's points tally first.'' Touring party *Manager: Clive Woodward *Assistant Manager: Andy Robinson *Captain: Martin Johnson Full back Matt Perry (Bath Rugby), Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers), Rob T ...

. Winters had a good 2006-07 Guinness Premiership, coming second in the voting for the PRA Player of the Year and then followed up by being selected for the

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. He made his debut for

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against

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on 26 May 2007. He was named

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of Bristol for the 2009-10 RFU Championship.

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1975 births Living people Bedford Blues players Bristol Bears players England international rugby union players English rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Loughborough Students RUFC players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Cuckfield {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub