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Daniel Hurcombe Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Danny Hurcombe Personal information Full name Daniel Hurcombe Nickname Danny Playing information Rugby union Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤29/11/1919–29/11/1919 Talywain RFC Rugby league Position Wing, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, Scrum-half/Halfback Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 29/11/1919–23/01/1926 Wigan 199 73 3 0 225 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1921–1926 Wales 6 0 0 0 0 1920–1924 Great Britain 8 1 0 0 3 Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk Daniel "Danny" Hurcombe was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Talywain RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Wigan, playing at Wing, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 6, or 7.[1]
International honours
Danny Hurcombe won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan 1921…1926 6-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1920 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand, in 1922 against Australia, and in 1924 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches).[2]
References
- ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Danny_Hurcombe/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
External links
Categories:- Footballers who switched code
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league wingers
- Talywain RFC players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wigan Warriors players
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