Graham Walters

Graham Walters (born 1 March 1953 in Carmarthen, South Wales) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s; he is also a member of the Welsh Guards and the British Army. He played club-level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, as a Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club-level for Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage 999), and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.[1][2]

For the fictional character, see Graham Walters (Home and Away).
Graham Walters in Action for Hull F.C.
Security to the stars, Graham Walters with Terry Wogan
Graham Walters, Military Career

Graham Walters
Personal information
Full nameGraham Walters
BornWales
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1977–78 Swansea RFC 1
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1980–≥81 Hull F.C.
≤1982–≥82 Wakefield Trinity
≤1984–≥84 Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1980–84 Wales 3
Source: [1]

Rugby Playing Career

International honours

Graham Walters won caps for Wales (RL) while at Hull, and Bridgend Blue Dragons 1980-1984, earning 2 caps + 1 cap (interchange/substitute).[1]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Graham Walters played right-centre, i.e. number 3, in Hull FC's 5–10 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1980 Challenge Cup Final during the 1979–80 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 3 May 1980, in front of a crowd of 95,000.

Military career

At the age of 15, Graham Walters joined the junior Welsh Guards as a boy soldier. He was soon made Lance Corporal and climbed his way up the ranks, eventually making junior Sergeant Major. He took on the role of PTI instructor and speedily achieved the status of Judo black belt, and also became ABA champion boxer of the British Army. With his enormous talent for sport, it was inevitable he started to play rugby for the Welsh Guards and the British Army, previously playing for his home country Wales for the under 15-17s.

Graham Walters joined the 1st Battalion of the Welsh Guards after leaving the position of junior guardsman. Being a marksman of all weapons, he also was assigned as a sniper. Following on from this, he became a Guards Para for 18 months, then joined the SAS regiment; he did 6 tours of Northern Ireland of which three were undercover. During this time, Graham Walters was in active service in Belize and Cyprus.

Note

Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
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