10 Facts About Trevor Foster

Trevor John French Foster MBE was a Welsh rugby footballer, and coach.

Trevor Foster played rugby union for Newport and rugby league for Bradford Northern.

Trevor Foster was a Sergeant Physical Training Instructor in the British Army during World War II.

Trevor Foster made a name for himself playing for Newport Schoolboys and Pill Harriers as a teenager, before joining Newport.

Trevor Foster was chosen to play for invitational team Crawshays.

Trevor Foster won caps for Wales while at Bradford Northern 1939.

Trevor Foster was selected for the 1946 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia, but was injured before being able to play a game.

Trevor Foster played at second-row and was captain for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942.

Remarkably for a forward of the time Trevor Foster was never sent from the field of play or even cautioned during his 17 years of top flight rugby.

Trevor Foster led efforts to reconstitute the club which was then able to rejoin the league the following season.