David Rose (rugby)

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David Rose

Personal information
Full name	David M. Rose
Born	(1931-02-20)February 20, 1931 Jedburgh, Scotland
Died	31 January 2021 (aged 89)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–53 Jed-Forest RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1951–53 Scotland 7
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1953 Huddersfield 1953–?? Leeds Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1954 Great Britain 4 4 0 0 12
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David M. Rose (20 February 1931 – 31 January 2021) 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, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield and Leeds, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

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 right wing, i.e. number 2, 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.

External links

• !Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
• International Statistics at scrum.com