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John Hancock (rugby)
William Jack Henry Hancock (26 September 1932 – 16 November 2011) was an English rugby footballer. Hancock was born in Newport, Wales, to English parents. A rugby union lock, Hancock excelled in line outs and was capped twice for England national rugby union team, England in the 1955 Five Nations, playing away fixtures against Wales and Ireland. He had previously committed to England by declining a Wales trial. Hancock signed to play rugby league for the Salford Red Devils midway through 1955. See also *List of England national rugby union players References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hancock, John 1932 births 2011 deaths English rugby union players England international rugby union players English rugby league players Footballers who switched code Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Newport, Wales Rugby league players from Newport, Wales Salford Red Devils players English people of Welsh descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport, Wales
Newport ( cy, Casnewydd; ) is a city and Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. With a population of 145,700 at the 2011 census, Newport is the third-largest authority with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Wales, and seventh List of Welsh principal areas, most populous overall. Newport became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Great Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839. Newport has been a port since medieval times when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman Britain, Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream and now part of the borough. Newport gained its first Municipal charter, charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century when its port became the focus of Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
