Roy Winters

Roy Winters
Birth name	Royston Anthony Maria Winters
Date of birth	13 December 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Cuckfield, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	17 st 11 lb (113 kg)
University	Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Senior career
Years	Team
; 1995–2000; 2000–2005; 2005–13	Loughborough Students; Bedford RFC; Harlequins; Bristol
National team(s)
Years	Team
2007	England

Roy Winters (born 13 December 1975) is a former English rugby union player. A lock, Winters last played in the Aviva Championship for Bristol.^[2] He began his career playing for Haywards Heath RFC before becoming professional.^[3]

Winters was first called up to the senior England squad by Clive Woodward for the 2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa.^[4]

Winters had a good 2006-07 Guinness Premiership, coming second in the voting for the Player of the Year and then followed up by being selected for the 2007 England rugby union tour of South Africa.^[2] He made his debut for England against South Africa in Bloemfontein on 26 May 2007. He was named captain of Bristol for the 2009-10 RFU Championship.^[2]

References[]

^ "Winters set to retire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c profile at www.bristolrugby.co.uk Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 15 January 2009
^ "Back Row Star at Heath".
^ "Johnson reclaims England captaincy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 June 2000. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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