Bunner Travers
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William 'Bunner' Travers (2 December 1913 - 4 June 1998) was a international rugby union
player. He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa
. Travers played club rugby for Newport RFC and was the son of George Travers
, also a Wales international.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. He was selected for the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa
1938 British Lions tour to South Africa
The 1938 British Isles tour to South Africa was the fourteenth tour by a British Isles team and the sixth to South Africa. The tour is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950....
. Travers played club rugby for Newport RFC and was the son of George Travers
George Travers (rugby player)
George "Twyber" Travers was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Pill Harriers and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 25 caps for Wales between 1903 and 1911....
, also a Wales international.