Darril Williams
{{Short description|Welsh rugby player (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Darril Williams
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| birth_name = Darril John Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|09|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| weight = {{convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| school =
| university = Cardiff University
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| ru_position = Fullback
| ru_amateuryears =
| ru_amateurclubs =
| ru_clubyears = ?-1997, 2002-2003, 2004-?
1997-1999
2000-?
2003
| ru_proclubs = Bonymaen RFC
Llanelli RFC
Neath RFC
Aberavon RFC
| ru_clubcaps = ?
62
?
8
| ru_clubpoints = ?
?
?
5
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| ru_nationalyears = 1998
| ru_nationalteam = Wales
| ru_nationalcaps = 1
| ru_nationalpoints = 0
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Darril John Williams (born 20 September 1975) is a Welsh International rugby union player. He made one appearance for the Welsh national team, as well as representing Llanelli RFC and Neath RFC in the top division of Welsh club rugby.
Rugby career
Williams joined Llanelli RFC from Bonymaen RFC ahead of the 1997/98 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-club-by-club-guide-to-premier-league-1244618.html |title=Rugby Union: Club-by-club guide to Premier League |date=9 August 1997 |work=The Independent |accessdate=19 December 2005}} While at Llanelli, Williams made five appearances for Wales on a tour to South Africa.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Williams made his only capped appearance for the Wales in the 1998 tour match against South Africa. Williams came on as a second-half substitute.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/riots-landmines-greyhounds-snow-most-9590028 |title=Riots, landmines, Greyhounds and snow... The most bizzare [sic] Welsh rugby debut stories you'll ever read |work=Wales Online |date=5 July 2015 |first=Anthony |last=Woolford}}
Williams made his 62nd and final appearances for Llanelli in the game against Cardiff RFC in December 1999.{{cite news|url=http://www.llanellistar.co.uk/Jones-emerged-horror-trip/story-21254953-detail/story.html |title=Jones emerged from horror trip |date=18 June 2014 |work=Llanelli Star |first=Barrie |last=Thomas }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He then took a sabbatical for the remainder of the 1999/2000 season to concentrate on his dental studies.{{cite news |title=Rugby Union: Shane and his Pals are All Staying Here; Neath coach insists: Europe is our target and we won't get there if we let talent go.|last=Williams |first=Paul |work=The Mirror |location=London|publisher=MGN Ltd|date=29 July 2000 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rugby+Union%3a+SHANE+AND+HIS+PALS+ARE+ALL+STAYING+HERE%3b+Neath+coach...-a063755469 |via=TheFreeLibrary}} He returned to rugby with Neath RFC for the 2000/01 season. He played five games for Neath when a serious knee injury prevented him from playing rugby for two years.{{cite news |title=Rugby Union: Ponty pay a harsh penalty |work=The Mirror|location=London|publisher=MGN Ltd.|date=6 September 2000 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rugby+Union%3a+Ponty+pay+a+harsh+penalty.-a065004361 |via=TheFreeLibrary}}
Williams returned to Bonymaen RFC for the 2002/03 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.wru.wales/eng/news/9948.php |title=Williams to take on Cardiff |date=7 February 2003 |publisher=Welsh Rugby Union}} For the start of the 2003/04 season, he moved to Aberavon RFC,{{cite web |title=Player: Darril Williams |publisher=Aberavon RFC |url=http://www.aberavonwizards.co.uk/People/Player?PersonId=100748}} but moved back to Bonymaen in January 2004.{{cite web |title=Lloyds Tsb League Division 1 News |url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/11295.php |date=12 January 2004 |publisher=Welsh Rugby Union}}
Personal life
Williams was awarded a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 2000 from the Cardiff University School of Dentistry.{{cite web |url=http://www.gdc-uk.org/pages/GDCSearchResults.aspx?RegNumber=78251&SearchType=GDCRegNo |title=Professional Registration: Darril Williams |publisher=General Dental Council |access-date=2015-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224153250/http://www.gdc-uk.org/pages/GDCSearchResults.aspx?RegNumber=78251&SearchType=GDCRegNo |archive-date=2015-12-24 |url-status=dead }} He runs a dental surgery in Mumbles, Swansea.{{cite news |url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/New-Mumbles-dental-surgery-shape/story-25711588-detail/story.html |title=New Mumbles dental surgery to take shape |date=15 December 2014 |work=South Wales Evening Post}}
References
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- {{cite web |title=Player: Darril Williams |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/12930.html |work=ESPN Scrum}}
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Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Welsh rugby union players