Dai Rees (rugby)
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | David Rees | |||||
Nickname | Dai | |||||
Born | Wales | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Abertillery RFC | ||||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Second-row | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
27 Aug 1921–16 Jan 1932 | Halifax | 279 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 88 |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Glamorgan & Monmouthshire | 1 | |||||
1924 | Other Nationalities | 1 | ||||
1921–36 | Wales | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coaching information | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
1936–60 | Bradford Northern | |||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
David "Dai" Rees was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, and coach of the 1930s–1960s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities, and Glamorgan & Monmouthshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Bradford Northern for 24 years when they won every honour in the game.[1]
Playing career
International honours
Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Halifax, won 6 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–32 while at Halifax, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand.[2]
Dai Rees was selected for Great Britain while at Halifax for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test matches on this tour.[3]
County Honours
Dai Rees won a cap for Glamorgan & Monmouthshire while at Halifax.
Honoured at Halifax
Dai Rees is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.[4]
References
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942), 14 April 1924, Page 12". newspapers.nl.sg. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Halifax Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Photograph "Ernest Ward holds the Cup aloft" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Dai Rees" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com