David Jeanes

Horace David Jeanes

Personal information
Full name	Horace David Jeanes
Born	27 December 1943 (1943-12-27) (age 67) Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg; 229 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1968–≤1968	Wakefield RFC
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1968–1972	Wakefield Trinity	168
1972–1975	Leeds	83
1977–≥1979	Huddersfield	36
	Total	287	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1971–1972	Great Britain	8	3
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Horace David Jeanes (born 27 December 1943 in Skipton) is an English former rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer who at club level has played rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, and Huddersfield, playing at Prop, number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

RU career

Keighley Grammar School 1959/61 – 1st team – second row. Keighley RUFC 1960–1966. Yorkshire Colts 1962. Wakefield RU 1966/67 – prop. Baildon RU 1974/78 + 1979: 2007 player – then coach/assistant.

RL career

Silsden U19 RL team – 1 game in 1961 final – second row. Wakefield Trinity 1967–1972 – played 168 games – prop. – 1968 won championship final. – lost 'watersplash' final at wembley (D. Fox missed goal). – 1971 played 3 times for Yorkshire RL. – Played 3 times for Great Britain (Once against France, twice against New Zealand). – Captained Wakefield against Halifax in No 6 final – which Wakefield lost. – 1972 Played for Great Britain twice against France. – 1972 Played for Yorks RL once.

Leeds RL Prop 1972/74. – 1972 played for GB in world cup (twice against Australia; including final, and once against New Zealand). – 1973 won players no 6 final. – 1973 won yorks cup. – 1974 won yorks cup.

Amateur Rugby League – 1975 Shaw Lane; won division; cup runners up (player coach). – 1976/77 Underbank; played important games.

Huddersfield Rugby League 1977/1979 – part of promotion winning team, player of the season.

International honours

David Jeanes played Tighthead-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Great Britain’s 10–10 draw with Australia in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup final at Stade de Gerland, Lyon on 11 November 1972. Great Britain were awarded the Rugby League World Cup by virtue of a better position in the final qualification league table.^[1]

Rugby Football League Championship Final Appearances

David Jeanes played Loosehead-Prop, number 8, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity’s 17–10 victory over Hull in the 1967–68 Rugby Football League Championship final at Headingley Stadium on 4 May 1968.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/David_Jeanes/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
2. ^ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC – FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Ex-rugby player reflects on rare World Cup victory
• Map of place of Birth: Greatwood Ave, Skipton-on-Swale
• When Great Britain won the World Cup
• Tracking down the heroes of 1972

Persondata
Name	Jeanes, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1943-12-27
Place of birth	Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death	Town