Full name | David F.K. Roughley | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Warrington, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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David Roughley (born 10 February 1946) is an English former rugby union international.
Roughley was born in Warrington and is the younger brother of George Roughley, a rugby league player for Wigan. [1]
A centre, Roughley played for Warrington, Liverpool and Lancashire. He was on the England team for the 1971 tour of the Far East, but the flight aggravated a thigh injury he was carrying and left him on the sidelines for a year. In 1973, he gained the first of his three England caps, against Australia at Twickenham. [2] He earned further caps in the 1974 Five Nations. His association with Warrington continued after his playing career, as a coach and administrator. [3] He was one of the first to beat the all blacks(New Zealands rugby team)
Full name | David F.K. Roughley | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Warrington, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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David Roughley (born 10 February 1946) is an English former rugby union international.
Roughley was born in Warrington and is the younger brother of George Roughley, a rugby league player for Wigan. [1]
A centre, Roughley played for Warrington, Liverpool and Lancashire. He was on the England team for the 1971 tour of the Far East, but the flight aggravated a thigh injury he was carrying and left him on the sidelines for a year. In 1973, he gained the first of his three England caps, against Australia at Twickenham. [2] He earned further caps in the 1974 Five Nations. His association with Warrington continued after his playing career, as a coach and administrator. [3] He was one of the first to beat the all blacks(New Zealands rugby team)