Phil Ford (rugby)

Phil Ford
Personal information
Full name Philip G. Ford
Nickname The Rubber Man
Born 16 March 1961
Cardiff, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Position ?
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Cardiff
Rumney
Pontypool
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1981–85 Warrington 112 57 3 0 201
1985 Wigan 15 16 0 0 64
1985–88 Bradford
1988–92 Leeds
1992–95 Salford
Total 127 73 3 0 265
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–89 Great Britain 12 7 0 0 28
1993–95 Wales 8 4 0 0 16
Source: Rugby League Project

Phil Ford is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, who played at representative level for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Warrington, Wigan, Bradford, Leeds, and Salford, as a Fullback, Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 1, 2 or 5, or 3 or 4. His 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. His nephew is Wales rugby league international Lloyd White.

Ford inititally played rugby union in Wales at club level for Cardiff RFC, and Rumney RFC. He signed professional from Welsh Rugby Union with English rugby league club Warrington[1] and commenced playing for them in 1981. Ford was selected to go on the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour. He was a member of the Great Britain team that won the third Ashes Test in Australia. It was their first win against the Kanagaroos since the second Test at Odsal in 1978. Ford played on the wing for Bradford in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup final re-play, which they won. He was selected for the Wales national team to compete in the 1995 World Cup. Ford 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.

References

  1. "Ford, Phil". Warrington Rugby League RLFC Players Archive. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

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