Courtney Meredith

Who is Courtney Meredith?

Courtney Meredith was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won fourteen caps for Wales and also played for invitational club the Barbarians. Meredith was a powerful prop, and was much praised by second row players for his tight packing, which allowed them the opportunity to shove the opposition. He played both tight and loose head prop but preferred tight head.

On the 1955 British and Irish Lions Tour the all-Welsh front row of Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith and Courtney Meredith was selected for a Lions test match. This did not occur again until June 2009 when Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones and Matthew Rees were selected as the British and Irish Lions front row for the 2nd Test against South Africa.

International matches played

Wales

⁕ England 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

⁕ France 1954, 1955

⁕ Ireland 1954, 1955, 1956

⁕ New Zealand 1953

⁕ Scotland 1954, 1955, 1957