Mel James
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 21 February 1948 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1968–≤68 | Resolven RFC | |||||
| 1968–72 | Swansea RFC | 183 | 17 | 57 | ||
| Total | 183 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Oct 1972–Oct 83 | St. Helens | 305+16 | 41 | 123 | ||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1975–81 | Wales | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Mel James (21 February 1948) 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 Swansea 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 (RL) 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 by 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 played as an Interchange/Substitute (replacing Prop John Mantle) in St. Helens' 20-5 victory over Widnes in the 1976 Challenge Cup final during the 1975–76 season at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 8 May 1976.
County Cup Final appearances
Mel James played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, in St. Helens 0-16 defeat by Warrington in the 1982 Lancashire Cup final during the 1982–83 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 October 1982.
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.
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