Steven Walter Blackmore (3 March 1962 – 7 May 2020) was a Welsh rugby union player. He began his international career playing for

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 ...

in the Five Nations championship in 1987 when they lost to Ireland. He also played for Wales in the first Rugby World Cup later that year. In that competition he played in the winning side versus Tonga and Canada in the early stages, and Australia in the third-place play-off. Blackmore played his domestic rugby at

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. After retiring from the game, he worked as a parcel courier. He and his wife had two daughters, Kendall and Kerys, and his son Sydney has played for the Welsh Under-20s side. In December 2018, Blackmore was told he had months to live, after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. He died of a brain tumour in May 2020, aged 58.

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