David Brynmor Williams is a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 former dual-code international rugby union

Rugby union

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 and professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer who at representative level has played rugby union (RU) for British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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, and Wales

Wales national rugby union team

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, and at club level for Cardiff RFC

Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

, Newport RFC, and Swansea RFC

Swansea RFC

Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...

, and at invitational level for Barbarian F.C.

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

, playing at Scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Wales

Wales national rugby league team

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, and at club level for Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons

Cardiff City Blue Dragons

The Cardiff City Blue Dragons were a rugby league team formed in 1981. Their home ground was Ninian Park which was also used by Cardiff City FC. The club spent three seasons in Cardiff before relocating to Bridgend in 1984 as the Bridgend Blue Dragons, who were finally wound up in 1986. The team...

, playing at /, i.e. number 7.

Williams' rugby union international, and club appearances were limited by the presence of first Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Owen Edwards CBE is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey"....

, and then Terry Holmes

Terry Holmes

Terence David Holmes is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who won 25 caps for as a scrum-half and later played rugby league for Bradford Northern....

 in the same teams. He was capped three times for Wales (RU), and three times for the British Lions (RU).

In 1977 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions when he had yet to be capped by Wales. He made his international debut in the first test of the series against the All Blacks at Athletic Park

Athletic Park (Wellington)

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, Wellington, in June 1977 and went on to play in the first three tests before being replaced due to injury during the third match.

He made his Wales debut against Australia at Ballymore

Ballymore Stadium

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, Brisbane in June 1978 and scored a try on his debut. His only two other appearances for Wales came in the 1981 Five Nations championship.

Williams played club rugby for Cardiff RFC

Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

, Swansea RFC

Swansea RFC

Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...

 and Newport RFC.

His son Lloyd Williams

Lloyd Williams (rugby union)

Lloyd Williams is a Wales international rugby union player. A scrum-half, he plays club rugby for Cardiff Blues regional team. He went to Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg and his father is former Wales international scrum-half Brynmor Williams....

 is also a professional rugby union scrum-half.

International honours

Brynmor Williams won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Cardiff City Blue Dragons 1982 1-cap 1-try 3-points.

Note

Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park

Ninian Park

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 in Cardiff

Cardiff

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, to Coychurch Road Ground

Bridgend Town F.C.

Bridgend Town F.C. is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League First Division. They are based in Bridgend in south Wales. Historically, their local rivals were Maesteg Park who disbanded in 2009...

 in Bridgend

Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...

, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.