Roy Prosser

For the Welsh rugby union player, see Ray Prosser.

Roy Prosser

Birth name	Roydon Barnett
Date of birth	18 February 1942
Place of birth	Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	13 August 2008
Place of death	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
School	Newington College
Notable relative(s)	Cyril Towers, Father-in-law
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team deceased Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Northern Suburbs () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1966–1972 Australia 25

Roydon "Roy" Barnett Prosser (18 February 1942 – 13 August 2008) was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented for the Wallabies twenty-five times. Prosser was once Australia's most capped prop.

Early life

Prosser was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1949–1959) commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House.

Club Rugby

Prosser played a club record 220 first grade games for Northern Suburbs Rugby Club and was a member of our three premiership sides in the 1960s.

Waratahs

He made his New South Wales debut in 1963, making 24 appearances for the Waratahs over the following ten seasons.

Wallabies

Prosser played 25 Test matches: seven against South Africa, six against New Zealand, five against France, three against Ireland and one each against England, Scotland, Wales and Fiji. He made his Test debut in 1967 against England at Twickenham in a game the Wallabies won 23–11 and played in two tests of that 1966–67 Wallaby tour. His last Test was against Fiji in Suva in 1972 which the Wallabies won 21–19.

External links

• Roy Prosser at ESPNscrum
• Australian Rugby
• The Courier Mail
• The West Australian