Bev Risman

Augustus Beverley Walter Risman born 23 Nov 1937 in Salford is an English former rugby union and rugby league footballer, a dual-code international, who later became a coach.

Son of rugby league legend Gus Risman, Bev played rugby union at fly-half for the English national side (8 Test appearances) and for the British Lions (4 Test appearances). His international representative debut was made in 1959 for England against Wales. His last international rugby union appearance was in 1961.

Switching codes he played for Leigh, Leeds and Lancashire. He won both the Challenge Cup and Championship with Leeds and earned represented for Great Britain (5 Test appearances). He captained the Great Britain squad in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup where he earned three of his rugby league Test caps.

After retiring he became involved in coach education, the development of the game in the South of England and the organisation of student rugby league. He was inducted to the rugby league Roll of Honour in 2005.

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* [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gary_slater/blog/2008/03/26/rugby_leagues_generation_game "Rugby league's generation game" - article at telegraph.co.uk]