David Rose (rugby)
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| Full name | David M. Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1931 Jedburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David M. Rose is a Scottish rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1950s playing representative level rugby union for Scotland, and at club level for Jed-Forest RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and playing representative level rugby league for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Leeds, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Rugby union
Rose won caps for Scotland national rugby union team while at Jed-Forest RFC in 1951-53 7-caps
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.[1]
References
- ^ "David Rose: 'Speaking truthfully, there was cash involved but it was also a challenge'". heraldscotland.com. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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- 1931 births
- People from Jedburgh
- Scottish rugby union players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Jed-Forest RFC players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby union wings
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby league players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Scottish Borders