Facts: - ru amateurclubs: aberavon rfc - weight: 115 kg stlb on - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 4 -rrb- - height: 183 cm ftin on - birth name: william john james - ru nationalyears: 1983-1987 - ru nationalcaps: 21 - birth date: 18 july 1956 - name: billy james - birth place: port talbot , wales - ru position: hooker - ru nationalteam: wales Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of billy james -lrb- rugby union -rrb- .
william john '' billy '' james -lrb- born 18 july 1956 -rrb- is a former welsh international rugby union player .a hooker , he captained the wales national rugby union team on one occasion against ireland in 1987 .james played his club rugby for aberavon rfc where he was initially nurtured under the eye of club legend and then captain morton howells , whom he succeeded in the front row berth .james was one of three front row internationals in the aberavon rfc side at that time - clive williams and john richardson being the others .he captained aberavon rfc in the 1979-80 , 1980-1 , 1984-5 , 1987-88 & 1988-9 seasons .in 1989 james was one of several leading players who fell out with the management of the club over several issues , the major one being finance and the way forward .no agreement was reached and he was one of nineteen players who left the club .he finished his career with swansea rfc