Roy was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in England, but moved to Anglesey in Wales as a child.
During his time there, Cardiff won the SWALEC Cup in 1994 and the Heineken League title in the 1994/95 season.
[1] Roy was included as part of Wales' 1995 Rugby World Cup squad, and made his first and only appearance for the national team in their opening pool match against Japan, coming on as a replacement for Derwyn Jones with around eight minutes of the match remaining.
[2] He was included in Wales' squad for the 1998 Five Nations Championship, but remained on the bench and won no further caps.
[6] Roy works as a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics for the National Health Service at Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Talbot Green,[7] and undertakes private work as part of the Cardiff Sports Orthopaedics partnership.