David Rose (rugby) explained

David Rose
Fullname:David M. Rose
Birth Date:1931 2, df=y
Birth Place:Jedburgh, Scotland
Retired:yes
First:RU
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Club1:Jed-Forest RFC
Ru Year1start:19??
Ru Year1end:53
Ru Teama:Scotland
Ru Yearastart:1951
Ru Yearaend:53
Ru Appearancesa:7
Club1:Huddersfield
Year1start:1953
Club2:Leeds
Year2start:1953
Year2end:??
Teama:Great Britain
Yearastart:1954
Appearancesa:4
Triesa:4
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:12
Updated:13 May 2009
Source:[1]

David M. Rose (20 February 1931 – 31 January 2021)[2] was a Scottish rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Scotland, and at club level for Jed-Forest RFC, as a Wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield and Leeds, as a .

Rugby union

Rose won 7 caps for Scotland national rugby union team while at Jed-Forest RFC in 1951–53.

Rugby league

Rose won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Leeds in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France. He played in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain's 16–12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954. Rose's rugby career was curtailed by a broken leg suffered after moving to Leeds.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2021/02/01/david-rose-rip/ David Rose RIP
  3. Web site: David Rose: 'Speaking truthfully, there was cash involved but it was also a challenge'. heraldscotland.com. 31 December 2015. 1 January 2016.