Dai Rees (rugby)

David Rees
Personal information
Full name David Rees
Nickname Dai
Born Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Abertillery RFC
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
27 Aug 1921–16 Jan 1932 Halifax 279 28 2 0 88
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Glamorgan & Monmouthshire 1
1924 Other Nationalities 1
1921–36 Wales 6 0 0 0 0
1926 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1936–60 Bradford Northern
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

David "Dai" Rees was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, and coach of the 1930s–1960s playing club level rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities, and Glamorgan & Monmouthshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Bradford Northern for 24 years when they won every honor in the game.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Halifax, won 6 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–32 while at Halifax, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand.[2]

Dai Rees was selected for Great Britain while at Halifax for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test matches on this tour.[3]

County Honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Glamorgan & Monmouthshire while at Halifax.

Honoured at Halifax

Dai Rees is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942), 14 April 1924, Page 12". newspapers.nl.sg. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Halifax Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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