Gordon Pritchard Explained

Gordon Pritchard
First:RU
Birth Date:26 September 1954
Birth Place:Cardiff, Wales
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Club1:Cardiff RFC
Ru Year1start:1973
Ru Year1end:74
Ru Appearances1:8
Ru Club2:Newport RFC
Ru Year2start:1974
Ru Year2end:75
Ru Appearances2:26
Ru Tries2:2
Club1:Leeds
Year1start:1975
Year1end:76
Club2:Bradford Northern
Year2start:1976
Year2end:78
Club3:Barrow
Year3start:≤1978
Year3end:≥78
Club4:Huddersfield
Year4start:≤1980
Year4end:≥80
Club5:Eastern Suburbs (NZ)
Year5start:≥1980
Year5end:≥80
Club7:Huddersfield
Year7start:≥1980
Year7end:≥80
Tries7:1
Year8start:≤1981
Year8end:≥81
Tries8:1
Teama:Wales
Yearastart:1978
Yearaend:81
Appearancesa:6
Ru Coachteam1:Tondu RFC
Ru Coachyear1start:≤1998
Ru Coachyear1end:≥98
Ru Coachteam2:Caerphilly RFC
Ru Coachyear2start:≤2001
Ru Coachyear2end:02
Ru Coachteam3:Machen RFC
New:yes
Retired:yes
Updated:13 April 2012
Source:[1]

Gordon Pritchard (born 26 September 1954) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached rugby union in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, and Newport RFC, as a wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Bradford Northern, Barrow, Huddersfield (two spells), Eastern Suburbs (in Canterbury, New Zealand), and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a, i.e. number 1,[1] [2] and coached club level rugby union (RU) for Tondu RFC, Caerphilly RFC, .Senghenydd RFC and Machen RFC

Playing career

International honours

Gordon Pritchard won caps for Wales while at Barrow, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1978…1981 1(3?)-caps + 2-caps (interchange/substitute).[1]

Club career

Pritchard played a season with the Eastern Suburbs club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[3]

Note

Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. Book: Graham. Williams. Peter. Lush. David. Farrar. The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. 978-1-903659-49-6. 2009. 108–114.
  3. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987. p.96