Brian Cresswell

Brian Robert Cresswell (9 November 1934 — 6 December 2020) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Cresswell was born in Newport and educated at St Julian's High School.

[1] A blindside flanker, Cresswell played in the Newport team that defeated the touring Wallabies in 1957.

[2] Cresswell won four Wales caps in the 1960 Five Nations Championship, forming a back-row in two of the matches with Newport teammates Glyn Davidge and Geoff Whitson.

He scored a try in Wales's 10–9 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road and another in their loss to France in Paris.