David Roughley | |
Full Name: | David F.K. Roughley |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1946 |
Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 1973–74 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
David Roughley (born 10 February 1946) is an English former rugby union international.
Roughley was born in Warrington and is the younger brother of George Roughley, a rugby league player for Wigan.[1]
A centre, Roughley played for Warrington, Liverpool and Lancashire. He was on the England team for the 1971 tour of the Far East, but the flight aggravated a thigh injury he was carrying and left him on the sidelines for a year. In 1973, he gained the first of his three England caps, against Australia at Twickenham.[2] He earned further caps in the 1974 Five Nations. His association with Warrington continued after his playing career, as a coach and administrator.[3] He was one of the first to beat the all blacks(New Zealands rugby team)