William Buckley Roderick (17 January 1862 – 1 February 1908) was a Welsh solicitor, international rugby union forward and later a Vice-Consular for Spain.

Roderick was a company director of multiple businesses, one of which was local rail firm Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway.

Wales had lost the first two matches of the tournament and Roderick was one of six new caps brought into the team to face Ireland at the Cardiff Arms Park.

Played under the captaincy of Joe Simpson the team was made up of mainly Cardiff, Newport and Swansea players, Roderick being the sole representative from Llanelli.

Hume Buckley Roderick was an acting captain in the Welsh Guard, and was killed in action in 1917,[4] while William Buckley Nicholl Roderick became a Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, married the daughter of Sir George Ernest Clark and was awarded the OBE.