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Full Name	Raymond Hopkins
Date of Birth	08 July 1946
Place of Birth	Maesteg
Height (cm)	173
Weight (kg)	80

Appearances for Wales
Played	Capt.	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Points
1	0	1	0	0	0	3

‘Chico’ Hopkins’ finest international achievements come arguably from his British Lions performances rather than his Welsh appearances. Forever in the shadow of the great Gareth Edwards, Hopkins had to take his opportunities on the few occasions when Edwards left the field through injury.

When he replaced Edwards against England in 1970 he bagged himself a typical sniper’s score and (again as replacement for Edwards) on the Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1971, this most popular of tourists was to play superbly in the 9 - 3 first Test victory in Dunedin. Born in Maesteg, and a player for both Maesteg and Llanelli, Hopkins moved north to Rugby League in 1972 to play for Swinton RLFC.

British & Irish Lions Appearances

Date	Against	Pos.	(C)	T	C	P	DG	Pts
10/08/1971	Bay of Plenty	SH
04/08/1971	Manawatu / Horowhenua	SH
06/07/1971	New Zealand Universities	SH
03/07/1971	Taranaki	SH
30/06/1971	Southland	SH
26/06/1971	New Zealand	Rep
22/06/1971	Marlborough / Nelson Bays	SH
16/06/1971	West Coast / Buller	SH
09/06/1971	South C'bury / Mid C'bury / North Otago	SH		1				3
26/05/1971	Wanganui / King Country	SH
12/05/1971	Queensland	SH
Total (Capped)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total (Provincial)		10	0	1	0	0	0	3
Total (All Games)		11	0	1	0	0	0	3