Clarrie Prentice

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Clarrie Prentice was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and represented his country at both sports - a dual code rugby international.

Prior to 1915 Prentice played rugby with the Western Suburbs Rugby Club in Sydney and represented with the Wallabies as a hooker.

In 1915 Clarrie and his brother Archie joined the Western Suburbs Rugby League Club.

His international rugby league debut against New Zealand in Wellington on 23 August 1919 alongside Claud O'Donnell saw them become Australia's 20th and 21st dual code rugby internationals. It wasn't until 18 years later that Doug McLean jnr would become the next Australian dual representative.

Clarrie was selected on the 1920-21 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He played in all three Tests of the tour and in 22 other tour matches for Australia.


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  • Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
  • Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
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