Billy O'Neill (rugby)
| Full name | William O'Neill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 June 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 April 1955 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Peter's Roman Catholic School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | docker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Back, Loose forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1908-10 | Warrington | () | |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1908-09 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| Position(s) | Prop | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ? 1898-1908 |
St. Peters RFC Cardiff RFC Aberavon RFC Glamorgan |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1904–1908 | Wales | 11 | (0) |
William "Billy" O'Neill often recorded as Billy O'Neil or Billy Neil (5 June 1878 — 2 April 1955) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and rugby league front row player who played club rugby under the union code for Cardiff and Aberavon and as a professional rugby league footballer he represented Warrington (Heritage № 154). O'Neill was capped eleven times for the Wales rugby union national team and twice for the Wales national league team. Although playing throughout the 1904/1905 season, he missed the classic 1905 Wales win over the Original All Blacks. He is often registered in many sources under the name Billy Neill or Neil, though in more recent references he is named as O'Neill.
Educated at St Peter's School in Roath, O'Neill played rugby for St. Peters RFC. O'Neill was first selected to play international rugby for Wales in a game against Scotland as part of the 1904 Home Nations Championship. Now playing for first class team Cardiff, and under the captaincy of Llwynypia's Willie Llewellyn, Wales won the game fairly easily, despite the rough play from Scotland's Bedell-Sivright. O'Neill was reselected for the very next game against Ireland, which Wales narrowly lost. O'Neill played in all three matches of the 1905 Championship which saw Wales win the tournament and the Triple Crown for the fourth time.
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