Mel James

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Mel James
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Resolven RFC
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	St. Helens
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1975–81	Wales	11	1	0	0	3
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Mel James is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Resolven RFC, and playing at representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.^[1]

Playing career

International honours

Mel James won caps for the Wales national rugby league team while at St. Helens in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against England, in 1978 against France, England, and Australia, in 1979 against France and England, in 1980 against France and England, and in 1981 against France and England (2 matches).^[2]

World Club Challenge final appearances

Mel James was a Substitute in St. Helens 2-25 defeat to the 1975 NSWRFL season premiers, Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.^[3]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Mel James was a Substitute, replacing John Mantle, in St. Helens' 20-5 victory over Widnes in the 1975–76 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 8 May 1976.

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.
↑ "World Club Challenge 1976 at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

Wales squad - 1975 Rugby League World Cup

Coaches: R. Simpson Coach Leslie "Les" Pearce

(5/8), e.g. The Number of Games Played in the 1975 World Cup.

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 1976 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Geoff Pimblett 2 Les Jones 3 Eddie Cunningham 4 Derek Noonan 5 Roy Mathias 6 William "Billy" Benyon 7 Jeff Heaton 8 John Mantle 9 Tony Karalius 10 Kel Coslett 11 Eric Chisnall 12 George Nicholls 13 David Hull 14 Peter Glynn 15 Mel James Coach: Eric Ashton

Persondata
Name	James, Mel
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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