Les Thomas

Leslie M. Thomas
Personal information
Full name Leslie M. Thomas
Nickname Les
Born Wales
Playing information
Rugby union

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Llanelli RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Wales XV
Rugby league
Position Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–49 Oldham 58 19 17 91
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947 Wales 5 0 0 0 0
1947 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0

Leslie "Les" M. Thomas is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Oldham, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

International honours

Les Thomas represented Wales XV (RU) while at Oldham (RL) in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Oldham in 1947 5-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Oldham in 1947 New Zealand.[2]

Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies, Harold Thomas, and Leslie Thomas.

Gomer Hughes, and Harold Thomas had previously won Wales (RU) caps, but the other footballers hadn't, and having already changed to the rugby league code they were unable to do so, but Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Leslie Thomas, did go on to win Wales (RL) caps.

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.
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