Royce Ayliffe
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Full name | David Royce Ayliffe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | 1 January 1956|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Royce Ayliffe (born 1 January 1956) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative, he played for and captained the Eastern Suburbs club. Ayliffe also played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs club. During the 1976 NSWRFL season, Brass played in the forwards, helping Eastern Suburbs to victory in their unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge match against British champions St. Helens in Sydney. While attending Wollongong Keira High School, Ayliffe played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1972.[2] He also gained selection for the Australian Kangaroos in 1981. Since retirement he has served on the NRL Judiciary.
On 24 October 2000, Ayliffe was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for rugby league achievements.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Royce Ayliffe". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Sydney Roosters captains
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Rugby league players from Wollongong
- Rugby league props
- Australian rugby league biography, 1950s birth stubs