George Roberts (rugby union)

George Roberts (13 February 1914 – 2 August 1943) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who died working on the Burma-Siam Railway at Kanchanaburi in Thailand.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians.

Provincial career

He represented Edinburgh District.

He played for Scotland Possibles in their trial match against Scotland Probables in January 1938, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

International career

He was capped five times for between 1938 and 1939.

See also

• List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II

References

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )
2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; )

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