He played once for Wales, against the 1960 South Africans in Cardiff, and enjoyed a successful playing career at Oxford University, Ebbw Vale and Llanelli. He scored 40 tries in 100 appearances for Llanelli and also lined-up for them against Avril Malan’s Springboks.
Born in Scunthorpe, he was raised in Trefil and went from Tredegar Grammar School to St Edmund Hall college at Oxford University. He won a Blue as a Freshman in the 1959 Varsity Match at Twickenham, when Oxford beat Cambridge, playing in between two England caps in skipper Malcolm Phillips and Richard Sharp.
After a career in business in England, he was appointed Secretary of the WRU in succession to the former chief constable of South Wales Police, David East. He took up his post in January, 1990 and eventually left his office in October, 1993.
He became the eighth Secretary of the WRU and was the third former international player, after Billy Gwynn and Bill Clement, to fill the position.
The WRU offers since condolences to the wife of Denis Evans, Janet, and the rest of his family and friends.
Denis Evans (Cap No: 653): B: 19.03.1936 in Scunthorpe; D: 12.07.2022 – 1 cap
