Roy Bergiers
{{Short description|Welsh rugby player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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| name = Roy Bergiers
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| birth_name = Roy Thomas Edmond Bergiers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Carmarthen, Wales
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| school = Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Carmarthen
| ru_position = Centre
| years1 = 1970–1981 |clubs1 = Llanelli RFC |apps1 = 247 |points1 = 318
| repyears1 = 1972–1975 |repteam1 = Wales |repcaps1 = 11 |reppoints1 = 8
| repyears2 = 1974 |repteam2 = British Lions |repcaps2 = 0 |reppoints2 = 0
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Roy Thomas Edmond Bergiers (born 11 November 1950) is a Welsh former rugby union player.{{cite web |title= Roy Bergiers,(Budgie), Rugby Union, Players and Officials |work= Scrum.com |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/7870.html |accessdate=22 May 2010}} Born in Carmarthen, he played his club rugby for Llanelli RFC. In October 1972, he scored the only try in Llanelli's famous 9–3 victory over the New Zealand national team in one of the biggest upsets in the history of rugby.{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Thomas |title=The man who beat the All Blacks and toured with the Lions, but saw his Wales career come to an end at 24 |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/man-who-beat-blacks-toured-18530805 |website=Wales Online |publisher=Media Wales |date=2 July 2020 |accessdate=22 February 2023 }}
Bergiers played 11 tests for Wales and scored two tries. He made his debut against England at Twickenham on 15 January 1972. In 1974, he toured South Africa with the British Lions. His last test came against Ireland in Cardiff on 15 March 1975.
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Category:Rugby union players from Carmarthen
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
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