Samuel "Sam" Roberts was an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for Swinton, as a

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, i.e. number 15. Roberts represented England in the years before Swinton changed football codes to

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Playing career

International honours

Sam Roberts won caps for

while at Swinton in 1887 against Wales, and Ireland.

References

External links

Statistics at espnscrum.comSearch for "Roberts" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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