Rob Valentine (rugby)
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Rob A. Valentine | |||||
Nickname | Bob | |||||
Born | 1941 (age 73–74) Hawick, Scotland | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1963–63 | Hawick RFC | |||||
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1963 | South of Scotland | 8 | ||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1963–70 | Huddersfield | |||||
1970–73 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
1973–75 | Keighley | 129 | ||||
Total | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1967 | Great Britain | ≥1 | ||||
1975 | Other Nationalities | ≥1 | ||||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
Rob A. Valentine is a Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, and coach of the 1970s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for South of Scotland, and at club level for Hawick RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #768), and Keighley, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, and coaching at club level rugby league (RL) for Britannia Works in 1975 in Huddersfield's Pennine League, and formed the Huddersfield colts team in 1976.
Relatives
Rob Valentine is the younger brother of Dave Valentine, who played both rugby union for Scotland, and rugby league for the Great Britain including being the 1954 Rugby League World Cup winning Captain, and the Scotland rugby union footballer, Alec Valentine.
References
External links
- Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Blast from the Past: 1963: It's Valentine's Day in mid-November!
- Scotland Rugby League International Honours Board
- Hawick Wanderers Internationalists