Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kura a Watkins i Glyncoed Comprehensive me Ebbw Vale Senior Comprehensive i reira i takaro ai ia ki te hawhe-whaainga me te pokapū. I tiimata tana mahi karapu me te RTB Ebbw Vale Youth RFC i reira i whakawhiti ai ia i tana tuunga ki te wahine kairau. I a ia e purei ana i te whutupaoro rangatahi, ka neke ia ki te kapa matua o Ebbw Vale RFC. I tīpakohia ia mō te wā tuatahi ki te kapa ao o Wales i te whakataetae o te ao.
1988 Five Nations Championship, e haere mai ana hei whakakapi. Ko tana whakataetae tuatahi i puta i nga wiki e rua i muri mai i tana tukinga ki a Scotland i te National Stadium i Cardiff, i eke ai a Watkins i ana tohu a-ao anake me te whakamatau.