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British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer For the British police officer, see Mike Griffiths (police officer).

Rugby player

Mike Griffiths

Birth name

Michael Griffiths

Date of birth

(1962-03-18) 18 March 1962 (age 62)

Place of birth

Clydach Vale, Wales

School

Blaenclydach Comprehensive

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Ystrad Rhondda RFC		()
–	Bridgend RFC		()
–	Cardiff RFC		()
–	Wasps		()
–	Pontypridd RFC		()
–	Barbarian F.C.		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1988–1998	Wales	35	(0)
1989	British Lions	0	(0)

Michael Griffiths (born 18 March 1962) is a former Welsh rugby union player and British Lion, currently coaching Ystrad Rhondda RFC in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 2 East. He plied his trade with Pontypridd RFC between 1997 and 2003, making 73 appearances.

Griffiths's father is George Griffiths, a builder, and his mother is Joy Griffiths. He has two sons, Joel Michael and Luc Rhys. They both play for Ystrad Rhondda RFC.

External links

Notes

Mike Griffiths player profile Scrum.com
Mike Griffiths playing career Lionsrugby.com

v t e Wales squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Arnold Collins P. Davies Davis Delaney Griffiths Jenkins Lewis May Morris Moseley Waters Webster Williams-Jones
Backs	Booth Clement A. Davies Emyr D. Evans I. Evans Ford Gibbs Hall R. Jones Rayer Ring
Coach: Davies Sports Wales

Wales squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup

Forwards

Backs

Coach: Davies

Sports
Wales

v t e Wales squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Bennett J. Davies S. Davies R. Evans Griffiths Humphreys G. Jenkins John D. Jones Lewis Llewellyn Prosser Roy Taylor
Backs	Clement A. Davies D. W. Evans I. Evans Ford Hall N. Jenkins R. Jones Moore Proctor G. Thomas J. Thomas
Coach: Evans

v t e Four Home Unions XV – 1990 Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe
Forwards	B C Moore England M Griffiths Wales P J Ackford in bio England D F Cronin in teamsheet Scotland N P Francis Ireland J Jeffrey Scotland P J Winterbottom England N P Mannion Ireland J A Probyn England K S Milne Scotland D J Turnbull Scotland D M B Sole Scotland
Backs	S M Bates England A G Hastings Scotland A G Stanger Scotland W D C Carling England J C Guscott England R Underwood England C R Andrew England R J Hill England C H Chalmers Scotland
Coach	I R McGeechan Scotland

v t e France vs British Lions (1989) squad
Forwards	Ackford Griffiths Robinson Smith Egerton Probyn Cronin Matthews Callander Fitzgerald Francis
Backs	Andrew (c) Guscott G. Hastings S. Hastings Jones Mullin Underwood Aherne Chalmers Clement
Coach	McGeechan

v t e British Lions – 1989 Australia tour
Forwards	Ackford Calder Chilcott Dooley Griffiths Jeffrey Lenihan Moore Norster Richards Robinson Smith Sole Teague White Young
Backs	Andrew Armstrong Chalmers Clement Dean Devereux Dods Evans Guscott Hall G. Hastings S. Hastings Jones Mullin Oti Underwood Carling (withdrew - injury)
Coach	McGeechan

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