Timothy John Fauvel (born 9 June 1960) 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 ...
international.
Born in
Bridgend
Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge ...
, Fauvel was a back-row forward who played for
Aberavon
Aberavon ( cy, Aberafan) is a town and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. The town derived its name from being near the mouth of the river Afan, which also gave its name to a medieval lordship. Today it is essentially a distri ...
. Plagued at times by injury, which caused him to withdraw from Wales'
1986 Pacific tour, he gained his only
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 ...
cap against the All Blacks on the
tour of New Zealand
The Women's Tour of New Zealand is a stage race
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two years later. He substituted No. 8
Paul Moriarty at half-time in the 1st Test, held at
Lancaster Park
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in Christchurch. This gives him the distinction of being the last Aberavon player to have been capped for Wales.
See also
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List of Wales national rugby union players
List of Wales national rugby union players is a list of players who have represented Wales at rugby union. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match for the senior men's team. The players are listed in order of chronological ...
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
Rugby union players from Bridgend
Aberavon RFC players