David M. Rose (20 February 1931 – 31 January 2021)David Rose RIP
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and

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winning professional

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footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for

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, and at club level for

Jed-Forest RFC Jed-Forest Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team who are based at Riverside Park in Jedburgh. The team was founded in 1885 and currently play in Scottish Premiership and the Border League. Jed-Forest Sevens The club organises the Jed-Fore ...

, as a

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, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level

(RL) for

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, and at club level for

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

and

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.

Rugby union

Rose won 7

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s for

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while at Jed-Forest RFC in 1951–53.

Rugby league

Rose won

s for

(RL) while at Leeds in the

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against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France. He played , i.e. number 2, in all four of Great Britain's

matches, including Great Britain's 16–12 victory over

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in the

Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954. Rose's rugby career was curtailed by a

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suffered after moving to

References

External links

Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
1931 births 2021 deaths Dual-code rugby internationals Great Britain national rugby league team players Huddersfield Giants players Jed-Forest RFC players Leeds Rhinos players Rugby league players from Jedburgh Rugby league wingers Rugby union players from Jedburgh Rugby union wings Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby league players Scottish rugby union players South of Scotland District (rugby union) players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub