ru_nationalteam death_date death_place birth_place ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs article_title school name birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position other birth_name ru_nationalyears university
wales british lions 21 february 2007 cardiff cardiff 11 5 coventry leicester , barbarians . , bradford , sale , birkenhead park , john robins -lrb- rugby player -rrb-
 llandaff cathedral school wellington school john robins 17 may 1926 pts :0 10 prop yes john denning robins 1950-1953 1950 loughborough university
john robins -lrb- rugby player -rrb-

john robins -lrb- 17 may 1926 -- 21 february 2007 -rrb- , was a welsh international rugby union player who attained 11 caps for wales between 1950 and 1953 .
a prop , he toured new zealand and australia with the british and irish lions in 1950 and became the first lions coach , on the 1966 british lions tour to australia and new zealand .
robins was born in cardiff .
he was educated at llandaff cathedral school and wellington school .
he joined the royal navy and served in world war ii .
he played for england in two wartime services internationals .
he trained as a teacher at loughborough and returned there as a lecturer before taking up the post of director of physical education and recreation at sheffield university and subsequently the same position at university college , cardiff .
