Frank Shugars

Frank Shugars
Personal information
Full name Frank Shugars
Born Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Penygraig
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904–1912 Warrington 212 18 0 0 54
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909–1912 Wales 5
1910–1910 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Frank Shugars was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s who at club level level played rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Warrington, playing at Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[1][2]

Frank Shugars won five caps for Wales (RL) while at Warrington between 1909 and 1912, all of them against England.

While at Warrington Shugars was selected to go on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand and won caps for Great Britain against Australasia, and New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. ^ Frank Shugars: 1904-1912 wire2wolves.com
  2. ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
  3. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Frank_Shugars/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 

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