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| Nickname | The Rubber Man | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Cardiff RFC | ||||||
| Rumney RFC | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Warrington | ||||||
| Wigan | ||||||
| Bradford Northern | ||||||
| ≤1992–1992 | Leeds | |||||
| 1992–≥1992 | Salford | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1985–1989 | Great Britain | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 1993–1995 | Wales | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Phil 'The Rubber Man' Ford is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, and Rumney RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Warrington, Wigan, Bradford Northern, Leeds, and Salford, playing at Fullback, Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 1, 2 or 5, or 3 or 4.
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Phil Ford was a member of the Great Britain team that won the third Test in Australia in 1988. It was their first win against the Kanagaroos since the second Test at Odsal in 1978.
Phil Ford signed professional from Welsh Rugby Union with Warrington. He was nicknamed The Rubber Man due to his elusive running style. Following his rugby league career, he returned to live in Cardiff and played for Rumney RFC.
Phil Ford's brother Steve Ford was a Wales national rugby union team footballer, who was suspended for a period for having played a rugby league trial with Leeds.
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