John Devereux (rugby)

John Anthony Devereux (born 30 March 1966)[4] is a Welsh former dual-code rugby football international.

John Devereux
Personal information
Full nameJohn Anthony Devereux
Born (1966-03-30) 30 March 1966
Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Rugby union
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–89 Bridgend RFC 42 64
1997–99 Sale Sharks 8 0 0 0 0
1999–02 Worcester 28 2 0 0 10
2002–03 Bridgend RFC 19 5 0 0 25
2003–03 Pontypool RFC 7 1 0 0 5
2004–05 Maesteg RFC 12 0 0 0 0
Total 116 8 0 0 104
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–89 Wales [1][2] 21 4 0 0 20
1986–89 British and Irish Lions 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–96 Widnes RLFC 103 104 30 0 476
1993–93 Manly Sea Eagles 15 2 2 0 12
2006–06 Bridgend Blue Bulls 10 1 0 0 4
Total 128 107 32 0 492
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–02 Wales[3] 8 1 1 0 6
1992–96 Great Britain 10 10

Rugby Union

In 1989 he toured with the British and Irish Lions, and at the time played club rugby union for Bridgend.

Devereux also made an appearance for the British and Irish Lions against a Rest of the World XV in 1986 following the 1986 tour to South Africa being abandoned due to their apartheid regime. This was later given test status by the IRB in 2009.

Rugby League

Club career

He initially played for Widnes in England and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Australia.

Devereux was as an interchange/substitute in Widnes' 24-18 victory over Salford in the 1990 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.

Devereux played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Widnes' 24-0 victory over Leeds in the 1991–92 Regal Trophy Final during the 1991–92 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 11 January 1992.

Late in his career, prior to retirement he played for Bridgend Blue Bulls

International

He achieving representative selection for the Great Britain and Wales national rugby league teams.[1][2][3]

Devereux won caps for Wales (RL) while at Widnes, and unattached 1991…2000 10 (12?)-caps + 2-caps (interchange/substitute) 2 (3?)-tries 1-goal 10 (14?)-points.

He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Devereux played from the bench in Great Britain's defeat by Australia in the 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final at Wembley.

After retiring from playing he became team manager of Wales.

Personal life

Devereux lives in Bridgend, Wales with his wife and two daughters.

References
  1. "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. John Devereux player profile Scrum.com
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