Keith Rowlands
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| Full name | Keith Alun Rowlands | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 February 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brithdir, Bridgend, Wales | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 November 2006 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||
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Cowbridge Grammar School Aberdare Boys' Grammar School |
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| University | University of London | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jean Rowlands | ||||||||||||
| Children | Joanne Rowlands | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||
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Aberdare RFC London Welsh RFC Llanelli RFC Cardiff RFC |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1962-1965 1962 |
Wales British Lions |
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Keith Alun Rowlands (7 February 1936 - 18 November 2006), was a Welsh international lock rugby union player, later administrator who was the first Chief Executive Officer of the International Rugby Board.
Rowlands was born in Brithdir, Bridgend, the son of a Glamorgan Constabulary Police Inspector. After attending Cowbridge Grammar School, on his father's transfer to Aberdare, Rowlands entered the second year at Aberdare Boys' Grammar School and went on to captain both the rugby (1953–54) and cricket teams (1954 and 1955). He won a Welsh Secondary School Cap in 1955, playing against England at Cardiff. He graduated from University of London and served National Service with the 1st Battalion of The Welch Regiment from 1958 to 1960.
Rowlands played for Aberaman and then London Welsh. He transferred to Llanelli for one season in 1958, before Cardiff signed him in September 1961. He played 147 games for the Welsh capital side until 1967.
In March 1962 he gained his first of five caps for Wales when he played in the winning side which beat France. He made his debut for the Barbarians at Leicester in March, 1962, later captaining the side in 1966. Rowlands represented the British and Irish Lions on 19 occasions, including all three tests in the 1962 Tour of South Africa, where he scored a try in the final international. He also played in the non-cap Lions match with Kenya.
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