|
Glyn Jones (rugby League)
Glyn Jones (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales national rugby league team, Wales, and at club level for Hull F.C., Hull FC, Broughton Rangers and Broughton Rangers#Belle Vue Rangers, Belle Vue Rangers (as Broughton Rangers renamed following their move from Broughton, Salford to Belle Vue, Manchester). as a , i.e. number 9, during the era of contested Scrum (rugby)#Rugby league, scrums. International honours Glyn Jones played in Wales national rugby league team, Wales' 7–19 defeat by France at Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux on Sunday 24 March 1946. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Glyn Broughton Rangers players Hull F.C. players Place of birth missing Rugby league hookers Swansea RFC players Wales national rugby league team players Welsh rugby league players Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
