{{Short description|Wales international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Conway Rees | image = J Conway Rees.jpg | caption = | birth_name = John Conway Rees | birth_place = Llandovery, Wales | death_place = Westminster, England | height = | weight = | position = Centre | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Cardiff RFC | amatteam2 = Barbarian F.C. | amatteam3 = London Welsh RFC | amatteam4 = Richmond F.C. | amatteam5 = Blackheath F.C. | amatteam6 = Llanelli RFC | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = Wales | repyears1 = 1892–1894 | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | occupation = teacher | school = Llandovery College | university = Jesus College, Oxford | birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|01|13|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1932|08|30|1870|01|13|df=yes}} }} '''John Conway Rees''' (13 January 1870 – 30 August 1932) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
==Life== Rees was born in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was educated at Llandovery College and Jesus College, Oxford (graduating in 1894) and was the first Welshman to captain Oxford University RFC. He introduced the four three quarters system, playing at centre-three-quarter. He played for Cardiff, the Barbarians, the London Welsh, Richmond, Blackheath and Llanelli.<ref name=WBO>{{cite DWB |id=s-REES-CON-1870 |title= Rees, John Conway (1870 – 1932), Rugby footballer |last=Williams |first=Moelwyn Idwal |access-date=13 May 2008}}</ref> He played for the Welsh national side on three occasions in the Home Nations Championship. His debut was on 6 February 1892 against Scotland.<ref name=WRU/> His other two appearances were against England, once in 1893 (the season when Wales first won the Triple Crown) and again in 1894.<ref name=WBO/><ref name=WRU>{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=31830&includeref=dynamic|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110526170515/http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=31830&includeref=dynamic|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2011|title=Conway Rees|work=WRU Searchable Player Archive|publisher=Welsh Rugby Union|accessdate=13 May 2008}}</ref>
Rees taught at Sherborne School, Rossall School and Giggleswick School, before spending the last thirty years of his life working as a teacher in India. He died on 30 August 1932.<ref name=WBO/>
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