Avril Williams

{{short description|South African rugby union footballer}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Avril Williams | image = | caption = | birth_name = Avril Percy Williams | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|02|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Paarl, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | position = Wing, Centre | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Cape Town Defence | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | amupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | clubupdate = | province1 = Western Province | provinceyears1 = 1982–1984 | provinceapps1 = 18 | provincepoints1 = 36 | ru_provinceupdate = | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | ru_sevensupdate = | repteam1 = South Africa | repyears1 = 1984 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | relatives = Chester Williams (nephew) | school = Noorder Paarl Secondary School }}

'''Avril Percy Williams''' (born 10 February 1961 in Paarl) is a former rugby union wing who was the second coloured man (after Errol Tobias) to play for South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/9755.html|title=Avril Williams|publisher=scrum.com|access-date=29 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=S.A. Rugby Writers Annual 1985|last=Van Rooyen|first=Quintus|publisher=S.A. Rugby Writers' Society|year=1985|pages=83}}</ref> His nephew Chester Williams later played for the Springboks too.

==Playing career== Williams played for Western Province in the South African provincial competitions. He gained two caps for the Springboks in June 1984, both against England. His test debut was on 2 June 1984 at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth.<ref>{{Cite book|title=South African rugby test players 1949-1995|last=Jooste, Graham K.|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140250174|location=Johannesburg|pages=115–116|oclc=36916860}}</ref>

=== Test history ===

{| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Opposition !! Result (SA 1st) !! Position !! Tries !! Date !! Venue |- | 1. || {{ru|ENG}} || align="center"|33–15 || Wing || || 2 June 1984 || Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" | 2. || {{flagicon|ENG}} England || align="center"|35–9 || Wing || || 9 June 1984 || Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg |}

==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 533

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