David Rose (rugby)

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David Rose

Personal information
Full name	David M. Rose
Born	(1931-02-20)20 February 1931 Jedburgh, Scotland
Died	31 January 2021(2021-01-31) (aged 89)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–53 Jed-Forest RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1951–53 Scotland 7
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1953 Huddersfield 1953–?? Leeds Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1954 Great Britain 4 4 0 0 12
Source: [1]

David M. Rose (20 February 1931 – 31 January 2021)[2] was a Scottish rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Scotland, and at club level for Jed-Forest RFC, as a Wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield and Leeds, as a wing.

Rugby union

Rose won 7 caps for Scotland national rugby union team while at Jed-Forest RFC in 1951–53.^[citation needed]

Rugby league

Rose won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Leeds in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France. He played right wing in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain's 16–12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954. Rose's rugby career was curtailed by a broken leg suffered after moving to Leeds.[3]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. David Rose RIP
3. "David Rose: 'Speaking truthfully, there was cash involved but it was also a challenge'". heraldscotland.com. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

External links

• David Rose at ESPNscrum