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 name	John Anthony Devereux
Born	(1966-03-30) 30 March 1966 (age 56) Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales
Playing information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Rugby union
Position	Centre, 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^[2]^[3] 21 4 0 0 20 1986–89 British & Irish Lions 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–96 Widnes RLFC 103 104 30 0 476 1993 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^[1] 8 1 1 0 6 1992–96 Great Britain 10 10

Rugby Union

In 1989 he toured with the British & 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 Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.

Devereux played right wing 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.^[2][3][1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

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

External links

• Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv
• Guinness Premiership profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• . Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• "Wales plunder union veterans to prop up side". Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
• Devereux raring to go