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Full name | Ronald James | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ystalyfera, Wales | 5 February 1938|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronald "Ron"/"Ronnie" James (5 February 1938) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played club level rugby union for Ystalyfera RFC and Maesteg RFC as a fullback, at representative level rugby league for Other Nationalities and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Halifax as a fullback.
Ron James represented Other Nationalities (RL) while at Halifax, he played fullback in the 2–19 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new floodlights. [2] and represented Commonwealth XIII (RL) while at Halifax in the 7–15 defeat by New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965. [3]
Ron James played in Halifax's 15–7 victory over St. Helens in the 1964–65 Championship Final during the 1964–65 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 May 1965. [4]
Ron James played fullback, and scored two goals in Halifax's 10–0 victory over the Featherstone Rovers in the 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 2 November 1963.
Ron James holds Halifax's "Most Career Points" record with 2191 points, and is one of less than ten Welshmen to have scored more than 2000-points in their rugby league career. [5]
Ron James' Testimonial match at Halifax took place in 1971.
Ron James is a Halifax RLFC Hall Of Fame Inductee. [6]
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Thomas Kelvin Coslett is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Aberavon RFC and Llanelli RFC, as a goal-kicking full-back, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for St. Helens (captain), and Rochdale Hornets, as a toe-end kicking style goal-kicking fullback, prop, second-row, or loose forward, and coached at club level for Rochdale Hornets, Wigan and St. Helens.
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