Haydn Mainwaring

Haydn James Mainwaring (10 June 1933 — 12 September 2018) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Haydn Mainwaring

Full name	Haydn James Mainwaring
Date of birth	(1933-06-10)10 June 1933
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Date of death	12 September 2018(2018-09-12) (aged 85)
School	Bishop Gore School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1961 Wales 1 (0)

Mainwaring was born in Swansea and educated at Bishop Gore School.^[1]

A versatile back, Mainwaring played with Swansea, Royal Navy, London Welsh, Harlequins and Newport. He also made several Barbarians appearances, mostly famously as a fullback against the touring 1961 Springboks, with his try-saving shoulder charge on Avril Malan helping secure a 6–0 win.^[2] His tackle was described in the press as "like a comet burying itself into earth".^[3] He won his solitary Wales cap as a centre in a 1961 Five Nations match against France in Paris.^[4]

See also

• List of Wales national rugby union players