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Jack "Bluey" Watkins was an Australian rugby league footballer. Playing in the lock forward position, Bluey Watkins was renowned as a brilliant cover defender. He played in 7 test matches for his country, including the 1921/22 Kangaroo Tour.
Watkins played for just one club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership throughout a career, a career that spanned 14 seasons, interrupted by the First World War. He played in over 100 matches for the Eastern Suburbs side, winning Premierships with that club in 1913 and '23. The lock forward also won city cups with the Easts club in 1914, '15 and '16.
After enlisting in the First World War, Watkins was chosen to play a series of matches for Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) against England.
Bluey Watkins died in 1974.
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