Brian "Mad Dog" Juliff (born 5 December 1952) is a Welsh former

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and professional

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footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

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'B', Wales President's XV,

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, at invitational level for

Crawshays RFC Crawshays Welsh RFC is a Welsh invitational rugby union team. In 1922 Captain Geoffrey Crawshay was invited by the Engineer Commander of Devonport Services, SF Coopper, to bring a team of Welsh rugby union players to play Devonport Services R.F.C ...

, and at club level

Mountain Ash RFC Mountain Ash RFC is a Welsh rugby union club from the town of Mountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, South Wales. Mountain Ash RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues. Early history The team was founded ...

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and

Pontypridd RFC Pontypridd Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. They compete in the Indigo Group Premiership, which they won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015, and ...

, as a Left-

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, or Outside-

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, i.e. number 11, or 13, and representative rugby league (RL) for

, and at club level for

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(as A. N. Other),

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

( Heritage № 855),

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( Heritage № 788), Halifax and

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( Heritage № 665), as a , i.e. number 2 or 5, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested

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s. In June 2012 Juliff was appointed as the chairman of

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Background

Brian Juliff was born in

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, Wales.

Playing career

Rugby Union -

'B', Wales President's XV Rugby League -

Rugby League

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Winner - 1987 Rugby League

Runner Up - 1979, 1984 Rugby League

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Winner - 1986 Rugby League

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Runner Up - 1986 Rugby League

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Winner - 1983

Representative rugby union

Brian Juliff played representative rugby union for

'B', Wales President's XV,

against Argentina scoring 1-

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, and against Japan scoring 3-tries,

and

International honours

Brian Juliff won

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s for Wales (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1979 against France, and England, in 1980 against France, and England, in 1981 against France, and England, and while at Wigan in 1982 against Australia, and in 1984 against England (playing for 30 minutes with a broken arm).

Championship appearances

Brian Juliff was signed by Halifax from Wigan for £6,000 in September 1985 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £24,720 in 2014), he played in Halifax's victory in the

during the 1985–86 season, finishing one point ahead of

. He played in 23-games in all competitions that season, scoring 4- tries.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Brian Juliff played , i.e. number 5, in

's 3-12 defeat by

in the 1978–79

Final during the 1978–79 season at

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, on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218,Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books. played as a second-half interchange/ substitute in

's 6-19 defeat by

in the 1983–84

Final during the 1983–84 season at

on Saturday 5 May 1984, and played as a second-half interchange/ substitute (replacing

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) in Halifax's 19-18 victory over St. Helens in the 1986–87

Final during the 1986–87 season at

on Saturday 2 May 1987. Juliff was the second player ever (and only Welshman) to represent 3 different teams (

and Halifax) in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley. After breaking an arm playing for

in 1984, Brian returned to play in the Challenge Cup semi-final for

against

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, scoring a crucial

from the Right-.

John Player Trophy Final appearances

Brian Juliff played as an interchange/ substitute (replacing Henderson Gill on 61-minutes) and scored a

on 75-minutes in

's 15-4 victory over

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in the

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Final during the 1982–83 season at

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on Saturday 22 January 1983.

Club career

Brian Juliff was signed by Wigan from Wakefield Trinity for £25,000 in 1982 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £110,200 in 2013).

Coaching

Brian was acting head coach in the 42-0 away defeat to

in Jan 1991, stepping up from assistant coach to Allan Agar.

References

External links

Statistics at wigan.rlfans.comProfile at blackandambers.co.ukNewport RFC : 1976/7 Season Summary at blackandambers.co.uk
*(archived by web.archive.org
'Hall of Fame' profile at Ponty.net
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