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He was a cousin of the New Zealand rugby footballer Fred Ivimey (1880–1961).

James Barber was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby league.

Willie Bishop is a New Zealand rugby footballer who played for the Australian rugby union sevens team.

Jimi Bolakoro is a Fijian rugby footballer who represented Fiji in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.

Richard Hill (born 4 May 1961 in Birmingham), is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.

Albert Ramsden was a New Zealand rugby footballer who played rugby league professionally for Hunslet and Bradford Northern.

Andrew Leota is a Tongan rugby footballer who represented Tonga in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.

Tim O'Shea is a South African rugby footballer who represented his country in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

Edgar Wrigley was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Brett Sharman (born 18 January 1987) is a professional South African rugby footballer. His preferred position was at hooker.

Kiniviliame Koroibuleka is a Fijian former rugby footballer who represented Fiji in rugby league at the 1995 World Cup.

Pauliasi Tabulutu (born 15 July 1967) is a Fijian former dual-code international rugby footballer. He played as scrum-half.

Jaco Webb is a South African rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.

Andy Marinos is a former rugby footballer who played rugby league and rugby union professionally and represented Wales at rugby union.

Tom "Angry" William Cross was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Enele Taufa (born 24 September 1984) is a Tongan rugby footballer who has represented Tonga at both rugby league and rugby union.

Eddie Aila is a Papua New Guinean rugby footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at rugby league in the 2000 World Cup.

Daniel Gilchrist was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Charles Dunning was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Iain Wood is a New Zealand rugby footballer who played rugby union for North Harbour and rugby league for the Gold Coast Seagulls.

Ken Wright (born 11 April 1956 in Malabar, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.

Edward "Hone" Tyne was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Adam "Addie" Lile was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Arthur "Dick" Callum was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Salesi Finau (born 5 May 1973) is a Tongan former rugby footballer. He represented Tonga in both the rugby league and rugby union sides.

Andrew James "Jim" O'Brien (1897–1969) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand with the All Blacks and in rugby league.

James Grant (born 22 May 1964) is an Australian rugby footballer who played international rugby union and played rugby league professionally in England and Australia.

Rhys Lenarduzzi (born 3 August 1990) is an Australian-Italian rugby footballer who has represented Italy in rugby league. He plays as a scrum-half.

Craig Moir (born 25 September 1973 in Aberdeen) is a retired Scottish rugby footballer who played for Northampton Saints and represented Scotland at rugby union.

James (Jem) Mackie (18 May 1821 – 28 December 1867) was a British Liberal Party and Whig politician and rugby footballer, sometimes credited with creating the sport.

William James Mitchell (28 November 1890 – 2 June 1959) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Jean-Emmanuel Cassin is a French rugby footballer who plays rugby union for Oyonnax Rugby and represented his country at rugby league in the 2000 World Cup.

Regardt Dreyer (born 10 December 1982, Johannesburg) is a professional South African Rugby footballer currently playing for Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints. His preferred position is at Prop.

André Ruiz (born 30 March 1947) is a French rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union, including in the four Rugby League World Cups.

Mikaele Ravalawa is a Fijian rugby footballer who plays as a or er for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Fiji at international level.

Andrew Craig (born 16 March 1976)Andy Craig player profile ESPN Scrum.com is a Scottish former professional rugby footballer who played both rugby league and rugby union at international level.

Frederick Stanley Jackson (1875 – 15 April 1957) was a rugby footballer of the early 1900s who represented the Anglo/Welsh British Lions and the New Zealand national rugby league team.

Alwin John "Dougie" McGregorMcGREGOR, Alwin John (Dougie) 1919 – Kiwi #116 nzleague.co.nz (1889–1963) was a dual-code rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Hone Komanga "Maunga" Emery (2 April 1933 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby league and the New Zealand Māori in rugby union.

Daniel George FraserFRASER, Daniel George 1907 – 09 – Kiwi #6 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

James Collins GleesonGLEESON, James Collins 1907 – 08 – Kiwi #8 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Joseph Aloysius LaveryLAVERY, Joseph Aloysius 1907 - 08 - Kiwi #11 nzleague.co.nz ( - ) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Nathan William Jeremy Hughes (born 10 June 1991) is a Fijian born rugby footballer who plays for Bristol Bears and England. He plays as a flanker, a number 8 or at lock.

Andrew Durutalo (born October 25, 1987) is a Fijian raised American professional rugby footballer. He has been capped by the U.S. national sevens team and the United States national rugby union team.

Tom Kingston (born 19 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby footballer. His usual position is outside centre or wing. He has signed on to play for the Melbourne Rebels in 2014.

William "Bill" Thomas TylerTYLER, William Thomas 1907 - 08 - Kiwi #22 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Charlie James PearcePEARCE, Charles James 1907 - 08, 1913 - Kiwi #16 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Hudson Tonga'uiha born as Kosilio Tonga'uiha (born 16 November 1983 in Tofua)Hudson Tonga'uiha player profile Scrum.com is a Tongan rugby footballer. He plays for London Welsh as a centre or fullback.

Louis Charles PetersenPETERSEN, Louis Charles 1924 – 27 – Kiwi #162 nzleague.co.nz (19 April 1897 – 25 June 1961) was a dual-code rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby union and rugby league.

Hercules Richard "Bumper" Wright (16 January 1881 – 4 April 1963) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional (rugby league) 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Harold Francis RoweROWE, Harold Francis 1907 – 09 – Kiwi #17 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907–08 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain.

Conrad "Con" Augustus ByrneBYRNE, Conrad Augustus 1907 – 1909, 1913 – Kiwi #2 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Eric L. Watkins (born 18 March 1880 in Akaroa and died 14 August 1949 in Lower Hutt) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Garrick Morgan (born 25 January 1970), is an Australian former rugby footballer, who played rugby union for the Australian team from 1992 to 1997. In 2006, he became coach of the Gold Coast Breakers.

David "Dai" Jenkins (12 April 1904 – 13 August 1951) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Leeds RLFC, and representing internationally in both sports.

Fraser Anderson (born 20 April 1984) is a former professional rugby footballer who played rugby union for the Kobelco Steelers. Anderson previously played rugby league in the National Rugby League for Brisbane and Cronulla- Sutherland.

Daniel Abou Sleiman is a Lebanese rugby footballer. He plays as a full-back or on the . Abou Sleiman is a Lebanese rugby league international. Abou-Sleiman has played first grade rugby union in Japan.

Koinonia Halafungani Laumape (born 22 April 1993) is a New Zealand rugby footballer who plays rugby union for the Manawatu Turbos, Hurricanes and the All Blacks. Laumape previously played rugby league for the New Zealand Warriors.

Albert "Bert" Edward Cooke (5 October 1901 – 29 September 1977) was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, who represented for New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Jason Wehbe is a Lebanese international rugby footballer who most recently played rugby league for the Hills District Bulls. He plays as a and . He was selected to represent Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Caleb Timu (born 22 February 1994) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer of Samoan heritage who plays rugby union for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is back row/loose forward.

Albert Edward Goldthorpe (3 November 1871 – 8 January 1943) was an English rugby footballer from the period around 1895's schism in English rugby, which led to the formation of rugby league football around the turn of the century.

After the abandonment of the 2020 Championship season, Hirst signed for a third spell with Batley but in October 2020 announced his retirement from the game. In 2015 he became the first British professional rugby footballer to come out as gay.

Victor Moses Yates (15 June 1939 – 31 August 2008) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union. His brother, John, represented New Zealand in rugby league while his father, Moses, represented North Auckland in rugby union.

Charles James Fitzgerald (6 June 1899, in Fairhall – 8 May 1961, in Awatere Valley) was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby union and rugby league. Fitzgerald was a utility back in both codes.

Chance Peni-Ataera (born 17 January 1994) is a rugby footballer who, as of 2019, plays for the Hino Red Dolphins in the Japan Top League competition. He has previously played rugby league for the Cook Islands at international level.

Raymond "Ray" Wilkins (born 3 October 1950) is a Welsh former professional rugby footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played rugby union for Aberavon RFC and rugby league for Workington Town and Wales, as a , i.e. number 1.

Andrea Burk (born April 7, 1982) is a Canadian rugby footballer. She represented in rugby union at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and in rugby league at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. She made her debut in their 2009 tour of .

Taylor Welch (born November 1, 1989) is an American rugby footballer who played one professional rugby league match for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League in 2008. Welch was selected to represent the United States national team at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Andrew Walker (born 22 November 1973) is an indigenous Australian rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international. Walker was the first dual code international to represent his country at rugby league before representing rugby union.

Arthur Frederick KellyKELLY, Arthur Frederick 1907 - 08 - Kiwi #10 nzleague.co.nz (born Christmas Eve 1886 in Petone, New ZealandArthur Kelly Saints Heritage Society, Accessed 27 August 2009) was a rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Eion Crossan (born 10 May 1967 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand former rugby footballer who played rugby union for Southland and Bay of Plenty between 1987 and 1996, and rugby league for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla Sharks between 1992 and 1995.

Etonia Nabuli (born 24 August 1988) is a Fijian-born Australian professional rugby footballer who plays rugby union for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League as a , also representing Fiji.

Anthony Herbert (born 13 August 1966) is a former Australian rugby footballer. He represented the Wallabies on a number of occasions during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was also a part of the Australian squad that won the 1991 Rugby World Cup in England.

Peter Harold Boyne Burge (14 February 1884 – 15 July 1956) was an Australian rugby footballer and coach. He represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union. The eldest of the four Burge brothers, Peter was one of the first Australian dual-code rugby internationals.

Brackin Karauria-Henry (born 31 July 1988) is a New Zealand-born rugby footballer who has played rugby sevens for Australia. he plays for Japanese Top League club NTT Com Shining Arcs. He previously played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and NSW Waratahs. His usual position is centre.

Cyril Mowbray Wells (21 March 1871 – 22 August 1963) was an English cricketer, rugby footballer and schoolmaster. Educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Wells played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Surrey and Middlesex and was a top class rugby player.Cyril Wells, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

William Carne (born 23 January 1969) is an Australian former rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990 to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia and rugby union for the Queensland Reds. An attacking player with dangerous speed, he played at and .

Steve Skinnon (born 27 November 1976) is a New Zealand rugby footballer who played rugby union for Wellington and Hawkes Bay in the National Provincial Championship and rugby league for the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He represented his country in both codes at a junior level.

Kenealy grew up in the Te Puke area where he attended Te Puke Primary School. He later moved to Auckland and went to Sacred Heart College where he excelled as a cricketer and rugby footballer. He left school in 1909 and in 1910 was playing rugby for Marist Brothers second grade team.

William "Bill" Henry Clifton MackrellMACKRELL, William Henry Clifton 1907 - 08 - Kiwi #14 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league. He was part of the 1905 The Original All Blacks tour and the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.

Masivesi Dakuwaqa (born 14 February 1994) is a Fijian rugby footballer. He plays rugby league for the Canberra Raiders (Reserve grade) in the National Rugby League. Dakuwaqa formerly played rugby sevens for Fiji, including at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is currently (October 21, 2019) representing Toulon in the French Top 14.

Andrew Everingham (born 29 January 1987) is an Australian professional rugby footballer currently playing rugby union for the Fukuoka Sanix Blues in the Japanese Second Division Rugby. He previously played rugby league in the National Rugby League as a three-quarter back for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and also played for the Philippines.

Vereniki Goneva (born 5 April 1984 in Lautoka, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby footballer. who plays for Mont-de-Marsan in the Pro D2. He plays as a centre or wing. He made his debut in English rugby for Rotherham against Northampton Saints in the RFU Championship in the 2007-2008 season.

He married Maisie Chambers Harris of Christchurch on 1 April 1937.Green and Hahn riioto. A well-known 'All Blade Rugby footballer, Mr. G.-Hart, was married this'week at St. Barnabas Church, Fcndalton, Chnslchurch, the bride being Miss Maisie Chambers Harris, youngest daughter of the late Mr. George Harris and Mrs. Harris, of Christchurch.

Raecene McGregor (born 23 October 1997) is a New Zealand international rugby footballer player. She represented New Zealand in rugby league at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. McGregor was born in Sydney, Australia, to New Zealand parents. She represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and won gold.

Samiuela "Sam" Lousi (born 20 July 1991) is a Tongan professional rugby footballer. He currently plays rugby union for the Scarlets after earlier being with the Hurricanes and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He has been capped for the Tonga national team. He previously played rugby league for the New Zealand Warriors.

Norman Henry Fender (2 September 1910 – 24 October 1983) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Cardiff as a flanker and rugby league with York. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union, and also represented Wales at rugby league. In 1932/33 he toured Australasia with Great Britain.

Mandy Marchak (born November 24, 1984) is a Canadian rugby footballer. She represented at three rugby union World Cups in 2006, 2010 and 2014 and at rugby league in 2017 World Cup. She also played in two Sevens World Cups in 2009 and 2013. She also spent two years in the United Kingdom with the Saracens side.

Filitti, M. & Guțanu, p.31 Filitti Jr was a lawyer, financier and amateur rugby footballer, who would later serve as manager of the Phoenix Oil Factory. Married to actress Mimi Enăceanu, he was for long based in Iași, sharing a villa with the poet Mihail Codreanu. It was there that Ioan C.'s grandson Ion was born in 1936.

Denny Solomona (born 27 September 1993) is a rugby footballer who plays rugby union as a winger for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership and England at international level. He previously played rugby league as a winger for the Melbourne Storm Under-20s, London Broncos and the Castleford Tigers. He played for Samoa at international rugby league.

Tyrone Viiga (born 9 June 1992) is an Australian professional rugby footballer of Cook Islands & Samoan heritage. He plays for AS Béziers Hérault. He previously played for the NSW Country Eagles, and Sydney RAMS and also represented the Cook Islands at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He has played both 'codes' but is currently a Rugby Union professional.

Fereti Tuilagi (born 9 June 1971) is a Samoan former professional rugby footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. After playing rugby union at international level, he turned professional and played rugby league for English clubs Halifax Blue Sox and St. Helens. He played as a wing or centre and is now retired. His first name is often anglicised to Freddie.

Samuel Richard "Sam" Harris (born 30 January 1980) is a former professional rugby footballer. He played representative rugby league for Sydney and in the National Rugby League for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers clubs. His usual position was in the second row. Harris also played rugby union for the NSW Waratahs & Western Force in the Super 14 competition.

John Richard "Dick" Wynyard (10 May 1885 – 7 April 1915)"The New Zealand Rugby Register 1870-2015" (2016) by The New Zealand Rugby Museum, Palmerston North WYNYARD, John Richard 1907 - 1908 - Kiwi #27 nzleague.co.nz was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain. Richard was the brother of William Wynyard.

Peter Lupton (born 7 March 1982) is a dual code rugby footballer who currently plays rugby union for New England Free Jacks in the Major League Rugby competition. His position of choice is as a , though he can also play in a number of other positions. He has also played rugby league where he represented the Wales national team from 2011 to 2014.

Two other brothers were John Bruce- Lockhart, Deputy Director of MI6, and Patrick, an obstetrician. An uncle, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, was a notable rugby footballer, spy, and journalist, whose son Robin wrote Reilly, Ace of Spies. Lord Bruce-Lockhart was his nephew. He attended Sedbergh School and Edinburgh Academy, and studied Modern Languages at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Sisa Waqa (born 29 April 1986) is a Fijian professional rugby footballer who last played for FC Grenoble in French Rugby Union. A Fiji international representative, Waqa primarily plays on the . Waqa previously played for the Sydney Roosters in 2009, Melbourne Storm between 2011 and 2014, where he won the 2012 NRL premiership and the Canberra Raiders between 2015 and 2016.

Raymond Herman "Ray" Mordt (born 15 February 1957 in Cape Town, South Africa)Ray Mordt player profile ESPN Scrum.com is a South African rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union before moving to English professional rugby league club, Wigan, with whom he won the Championship during the 1986–87 season. He is the uncle of England Sevens player Nils Mordt.

Pakisonasi Afu (born 7 September 1990) is a professional rugby footballer who has represented Tonga in rugby league and Tonga A in rugby union. He is contracted to Austin Elite Rugby to play Major League Rugby in the United States. Afu previously played rugby league in the NSW Cup for New Zealand Warriors and Wyong Roos as a prop. His usual position in rugby union is centre.

At home, he was not only a prominent rugby footballer and cricketer, but he was also renowned as a champion steel-quoit player, being undefeated in local club competition for a period of ten years.Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 1902, p. 10; L.L. Gillespie, Early Verse of the Canberra Region, Canberra, 1994, pp. 95-96; L.L. Gillespie, Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Canberra, 1992, pp.

Lockhart appeared twice for Scotland at first-class cricket level, against Ireland in 1910 and an All India side in 1911. In the match against Ireland he took eleven wickets, including six for 76 in the second innings. The rest of his first class games were played with Cambridge University, for whom he took over one hundred wickets. He was an international rugby footballer, representing Scotland as a fly half.

He reappeared in 1891 against Surrey, but took only 1 for 73 as Yorkshire lost by an innings, and was not asked to play again. As a right-handed tail end batsman, he scored 25 runs at an average of 4.16, with a best score of 11. He also played for Yorkshire Second XI in 1900. He was also a runner, heavyweight boxer, rugby footballer, billiards player and a good shot.

Alan Victor Tait (born 2 November 1964) is a Scottish dual-code rugby footballer, and coach. He was until January 2012, head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer. He played outside centre for Scotland (RU), and the British and Irish Lions. He played club rugby union for Kelso, and the Newcastle Falcons, and club rugby league for Widnes and Leeds.

Johnston was a noted rugby footballer. He played for his school and university and was selected to play as full-back for Scotland against both Ireland and England in 1877. In these matches, he was recorded as being an Edinburgh Collegiate player. After joining Edinburgh University he did not again receive an international cap, but for three years he played as a forward in the Edinburgh University fifteen.

Iefata "Fata" Sini (born December 24, 1966) is a Samoan rugby footballer who has played professional rugby league, and international rugby union. His first break was in 1995 when he signed for the Salford City Reds. He also represented Samoa, playing fly half. He became an instant favourite at The Willows with a style of running and a tackling technique that was compared to a bull charging a matador.

Patrick Duignan (born 1 May 1972 in Canada) is a former rugby footballer, an Irish representative three-quarter who played in two qualifying matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Born in Canada and raised in Australia, Duignan has twice played internationally for Ireland. He made 88 appearances in the Celtic League in 2001-2002 for Connacht. Patrick attended Hawkesbury Agricultural College and was a member of their 1st XV in the period 1993–1995.

Graham John Whiting (born 4 June 1946) is a New Zealand former rugby footballer. A prop, Whiting represented King Country in rugby union at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1972 to 1973. He played 31 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals. Whiting later switched to rugby league, playing for the Maritime club in the Auckland Rugby League competition in 1975.

Carel Hendrik Fourie, generally known as Hendre Fourie (born 19 September 1979 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape), is a retired South African professional Rugby footballer who finished his career playing for Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks after signing from Leeds Carnegie in the Summer of 2011. His preferred position was at Flanker. Although he was born in South Africa, he is qualified for England through residency laws.Fourie available for England call BBC Sport. 2009-09-08.

Robert "Bobby" Lloyd ( – 18 January 1930), also known by the nickname of "The Hafodyrynys Wonder", was a Welsh rugby footballer who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. He played union for Welsh clubs Pontypool and Monmouthshire County as a scrum half back, gaining selection for Wales, before moving to England to play league for Halifax (Heritage № 237), also in the halves, and gaining selection for Great Britain and Wales.

Lt. Colonel Gilbert Faraday Collett DSO (18 July 1879 – 25 February 1945)Gilbert Collett rugby profile Scrum.com was an English sportsman who was an international rugby union wing and first-class cricketer for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. As a rugby footballer he represented Cambridge University and Cheltenham at club level. Collett also played international rugby for the British Isles during the 1903 tour of South Africa but was never selected for the England national team.

Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945)Maurice Richards rugby union profile ESPN is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby footballer. A wing, he was part of the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa. His grandfather had been a professional footballer with Charlton Athletic and Bradford City in the 1920s. Richards played rugby union at club level for Cardiff, and the Wales national rugby union team before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.

Jacques Merquey (born 26 September 1929)Jacques Merquey at scrum.com also known by the nickname of "Jackiew", as a French rugby footballer of the 1950s. A dual-code rugby international, his position was , later in his career this changed to . He played his club football for Marseille, Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII and Lezignan, becoming the most capped International, with 37 games for France. Merquey is the only Frenchman to play in the first three successive World Cups, in 1954, 1957 and 1960.

Ian Roberts (born 31 July 1965) is an Australian actor, and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played club football with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wigan Warriors, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and North Queensland Cowboys. In 1995 Roberts became the first high-profile Australian sports person and first rugby footballer in the world to come out to the public as gay.

Shontayne Edward Hape (; born 30 January 1981) is a former professional rugby footballer, a dual-code rugby international. He played rugby union at centre for Montpellier, London Irish, Bath and England. He played rugby league for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. Hape represented New Zealand at international level rugby league by being selected for both the junior and senior squads, including the 2006 Tri-Nations New Zealand squad.

Major-General William Brooke Purdon (28 November 1881 – 1 December 1950)William Purdon rugby profile ESPN Scrum.com was an Irish soldier, physician and medical administrator. Towards the end of his life he was a representative of the Northern Ireland Government in London and for four years was an Honorary Surgeon to the King. In his youth Purdon was a rugby footballer of some note, representing several Irish clubs and was selected to play international rugby for Ireland on three occasions in 1906.

Lawn Tennis magazine Alistair Kim Bruce-Lockhart (16 June 1946 – 15 January 1980) was a Scottish professional squash player from the Bruce Lockhart family. Bruce-Lockhart was born in Woking, Surrey, England, the son of educationist Rab Bruce Lockhart, who played rugby for Scotland. His grandfather John Bruce Lockhart was a dual rugby-cricket international for Scotland and headmaster of Sedbergh School. His uncle Logie was also a Scottish rugby international while his great-uncle Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was a diplomat, spy and rugby footballer.

Dave Gallaher played in New Zealand's first ever test match in 1903 and also captained the 1905 Originals. Along with Billy Stead, Gallaher wrote the famous rugby book The Complete Rugby Footballer. At the age of only 19, George Nepia played in all 30 matches on the Invincibles tour of 1924–25. Nepia played 37 All Blacks games; his last was against the British Isles in 1930. Sir Fred Allen captained all of his 21 matches for New Zealand, including six tests, between 1946 and 1949.

Whilst at Edinburgh University William Forsyth was a noted athlete and rugby footballer. He was on the Edinburgh union’s rugby committee in 1871EDWARD RAVENSCROFT, THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CALENDAR 1871-72, p66, 1871 and in 1871 was selected to represent Scotland in the first international match against England. This was played on 27 March 1871 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh and won by Scotland. He was one of two representatives from Edinburgh University.W. W. Wakefield, Rugger - The History, Theory and Practice of Rugby Football, (READ BOOKS, 2008) , Rugbyfootballhistory.

Before the New Zealand squad left Britain, English publisher Henry Leach asked Stead and Gallaher to author a book on rugby tactics and play. They finished the task in under a fortnight and were each paid £50. Entitled The Complete Rugby Footballer, the book was 322 pages long and included chapters on tactics and play, as well as a summary of rugby's history in New Zealand including the 1905 tour. It was mainly authored by Stead, a bootmaker, with Gallaher contributing most of the diagrams.

Peter Moir (1882-1921) was an Australian rugby footballer of the early 1900s who was a key figure in the foundation of rugby league in Australia. He was one of Australia's first national representative players appearing in the inaugural professional series against New Zealand in 1907 and making the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. In 1907 he played for New South Wales in the very first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union.

In 1874, Brixham Rugby Club was founded and became one of the founder members of Devon RFU of which six clubs are now left. They played Rugby on Furzeham Green until 1896 when they moved their present ground to New Gate Park (now Astley Park). The club will play their league fixtures in the National League 3 South West division of English rugby. Footballer Dan Gosling, of Bournemouth F.C., was born and raised in Brixham, and is the fourth-youngest player to have ever played for Plymouth Argyle aged 16 years and 310 days.

Edmond "Eddie" Paea (born 8 February 1988) is a dual-code rugby international rugby footballer for Tonga. Beginning his professional career playing rugby league with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, Paea made his debut for the Tongan rugby league team at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, before changing to rugby union and representing the Tongan rugby union team. Eddie currently plays for his junior team, the Mascot Juniors RLFC in the A Grade South Sydney Junior Rugby League competition which Eddie returned to in 2019.

Ian Scott Gibbs (born 23 January 1971), also known by the nickname of "Car Crash", is a Welsh former rugby footballer who has represented Wales and the Lions (Heritage № 651) in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league. His most memorable feats were his performance in the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa (in which he was named "Player of the Series") and the superb individual try he scored in the dying minutes of the last ever Five Nations match in 1999 against England.

Malfroy was both a rugby footballer and athlete, having represented Wellington province for three years in rugby union. In 1923 he represented Wellington at the New Zealand amateur athletic championship meeting and froom 1920 to 1924 represented his college in athletics at the Easter tournament. In 1923 was a member of the New Zealand University football team which went to Sydney.MR. J. 0; MALFROY NOMINATED FOR WELLINGTON RHODES SCHOLARSHIP, Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1924, Page 8 He again represented New Zealand University in 1924.

Billy Stead, born John William Stead, (18 September 1877 – 21 July 1958) was a rugby union player born in Invercargill who played for New Zealand, the All Blacks, on their 1905–06 tour. Stead also played provincially for Southland, and later coached various teams, including Southland and the New Zealand Māori. A bootmaker by trade, he also co-authored The Complete Rugby Footballer with Dave Gallaher, and was a columnist for the Southland Times, and New Zealand Truth. Current living relatives include renowned infectious diseases physician Dr Aidan Wilson.

Babylon was born Lee Jong-min in October 1988. After sustaining multiple injuries as a rugby footballer in high school and casting doubt over his career in the sport, he joined a black music club and was influenced to pursue a career as an R&B; singer. A singer, rapper, and dancer, Babylon trained with Media Line Entertainment for three years prior to starting his career as an idol. Under the stage name Soul J, he debuted as a member of N-Train with "One Last Cry" on May 25, 2011.

Kerry Cooper Vuna (born 5 July 1987) is a professional rugby footballer who plays on the wing for Newcastle Falcons in the RFU Championship. He played rugby league as a for the New Zealand Warriors and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League competition, before switching to rugby union to play Super Rugby for the Melbourne Rebels. Following a string of defensive performances to rival the best in the global game, it is rumoured Vuna will be nominated for world player of the year. This, ahead of his prospective move to Super Rugby.

Matthew David Duffie (born 16 August 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby footballer who plays rugby union for the Blues in Super Rugby. He previously played rugby league with the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League and was a part of their under-20s Premiership winning team in 2009, scoring 25 tries. On 1 May 2011, he was selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team for the 2011 ANZAC Test. In October 2017, Duffie was named in the All Blacks for their end-of-year tour, becoming a dual-code rugby international.

Robert James Louw (born 26 March 1955) is a South African rugby footballer who represented South Africa 19 times in international test rugby union. He also played in the Western Province teams that won the Currie Cup five consecutive times. South African rugby chief Danie Craven rated Louw as "one of the best Springboks ever to represent South Africa", "fast enough to play among the backs", and a "superb ambassador for South Africa" due to "his friendly manner and attractive personality". Louw was nominated as South African Rugby Player of the Year in 1979 and in 1984.

Ben MacDougall (born 25 May 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. After playing rugby league in Australia for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Newcastle Knights, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm, he started playing rugby union in the United Kingdom, and represented Scotland internationally. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Ben MacDougall has three siblings, Adam MacDougall, Luke MacDougall and Scott MacDougall, all three of whom would also become rugby league players. MacDougall played rugby union in Scotland for three years from 2004 to 2007, representing the Scotland national rugby union team.

Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842 – 16 January 1907) was an eminent Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35). He made two trips to North America and four to Australia, captaining the English cricket team in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia in 1881/82, where his side lost and drew two each. He was also, along with James Lillywhite and Arthur Shrewsbury, co-promoter of the tour. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888.

Not all of the players were keen on the idea, and four did not make the trip, but the new plans did give the team over two weeks to spend in England before their departure. Before the New Zealand squad left Britain for North America, the English publisher Henry Leach asked Stead and Gallaher to author a book on rugby tactics and play. They finished the task in under a fortnight and were each paid £50. Entitled The Complete Rugby Footballer, the book was 322 pages long and included chapters on tactics and play, as well as a summary of rugby's history in New Zealand including the 1905 tour.

Lote Daulako Tuqiri (born 23 September 1979) is a Fijian-born Australian- raised former professional dual-code rugby footballer who last played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby league. He usually played as a winger in both codes. Tuqiri first rose to prominence as a professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Maroons, as well as the Fiji and Australia national sides. He was therefore a high-profile signing for rugby union in 2002, winning 67 caps for Australia and being a part of their 2003 and 2007 World Cup squads.

Wendell Jermaine Sailor (born 16 July 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international. In rugby league Sailor was a member of the successful Brisbane Broncos team of the 1990s, with whom he won Premierships in 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2000. A , his large frame and bullocking style made him a formidable opponent and prolific try-scorer. He represented Queensland in State of Origin and played for Australia (the Kangaroos) 16 times, including winning the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, where he was the top try-scorer and player of the tournament.

Santiago Fernández (born 28 November 1985 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby footballer currently playing for Bayonne after previously playing for another French club Montpellier and amateur side Hindu Club, although he was paid by the Argentine Rugby Union as one of their better home-based players. His preferred position is at fly-half, although he can also play at centre. A starlet for the age group teams in Argentina as well as the sevens team Fernandez has been capped at full team level and played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Fernández replaced Felipe Contepomi in Argentina's autumn tour in Europe.

A big hitter of the ball, it is said that one of his on-drives measured 140 yards. He was known as a good rugby footballer, playing for Bedford, Blackheath and Harlequins,Thomas Cook's Rugby Club, its life and times 1910-1966, John Dann, FastPrint Peterborough, but was most notable as a cricket player. On his return from India he became a professional cricket player for Essex. In 1904 he reached his highest score of 181 under the Captain W.G. Grace, at Crystal Palace against Surrey.Wisden, John Wisden's Crickets' Almanack, 1904 Later he was coach to young players at The Oval for Surrey County Cricket Club, and played for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

John Leslie Patrick "Jake" Howard (30 August 194511 December 2015) was an international rugby footballer who played prop for Australia. Howard was schooled at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill from 1957 Cerise & Blue obituary Mar2016 and enjoyed enormous schoolboy sporting success playing in the College's 1st XV in four consecutive years 1960-63 and rowing in the 1st VIII for three years. He played his club rugby at Sydney University and took up rowing at the senior level with the Sydney Rowing Club.SJC News, article by James Gray p13 He stroked a junior VIII for the club in 1964 and stroked a coxed pair to a State Championship in the 1964/65 season.

A further expansion to the NSWRL in 1988 saw the first Queensland teams added to the league: Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Giants, as well as another team from outside Sydney, Newcastle Knights. Expansion occurred again in 1995, with the addition to the League of teams from Perth, Townsville and Auckland. In 1995 Ian Roberts became the first high-profile Australian sports person and first rugby footballer in the world to come out to the public as gay. The 1990s saw the importance of television income to the sport continue to rise, and a battle for control of television rights led to the infamous Super League war, which saw the game split between rival competitions.

Lenny/Lennie Woodard (born 2 April 1976) is a professional rugby footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales (non-Test matches), and at club level for Croesyceiliog RFC, South Glamorgan Institute RFC, Pontypool RFC (three times; 1997, 2000–03, and 2005–07), Ebbw Vale RFC (twice; 1997–99, and 2004), London Welsh RFC, Pontypridd RFC, Bridgend RFC, Aberavon RFC, Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. (Pertemps Bees), Tonmawr RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Maesteg RFC, Cross Keys RFC and Newbridge RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend Blue Bulls and Celtic Crusaders, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.

There are in fact two Ireland teams: the full Ireland side is dominated by players of Irish ancestry from the Super League and the NRL, whilst the Irish Wolfhounds side is made up of players from the domestic Irish competition. Until recently the Great Britain team were known as 'Great Britain and Ireland' and Irish players were able to play for them. Brian Carney (rugby footballer) is a rare example of a player who played in the Irish league and then gained a professional contract with Super League club Wigan Warriors, he went on to play for Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland also has a strong students Wolfhounds team who competed in the 2008 Students world cup and finished 2nd in the student's 4 nations tournament in 2009.

David Gallaher (30October 1873 – 4October 1917) was an Irish-born New Zealand rugby union footballer best remembered as the captain of the "Original All Blacks"—the 1905–06 New Zealand national team, the first representative New Zealand side to tour the British Isles. Under Gallaher's leadership the Originals won 34 out of 35 matches over the course of tour, including legs in France and North America; the New Zealanders scored 976 points and conceded only 59. Before returning home he co-wrote the classic rugby text The Complete Rugby Footballer with his vice-captain Billy Stead. Gallaher retired as a player after the 1905–06 tour and took up coaching and selecting; he was a selector for both Auckland and New Zealand for most of the following decade.

The first US professional team-sport athlete to come out was former NFL running back David Kopay, who played for five teams (San Francisco, Detroit, Washington, New Orleans and Green Bay) between 1964 and 1972. He came out in 1975 in an interview in the Washington Star. The first professional athlete to come out while still playing was Czech-American professional tennis player Martina Navratilova, who came out as a lesbian during an interview with The New York Times in 1981. English footballer Justin Fashanu came out in 1990 and was subject to homophobic taunts from spectators, opponents and teammates for the rest of his career. In 1995 while at the peak of his playing career, Ian Roberts became the first high-profile Australian sports person and first rugby footballer in the world to come out to the public as gay.

The All Blacks scored ten tries, including six in the second half, to France's two, and won 38–8. Despite the scoreline, France's two tries were more than any previous team had scored against the All Blacks on tour. Commenting on the state of French rugby in their book The Complete Rugby Footballer, Original All Blacks Dave Gallaher and Billy Stead wrote: "We are strongly of the opinion that the game will spread in their country and that in the course of time they will put a team in the field which will command the utmost respect of any other." The 1924–25 All Blacks' Invincibles tour included a Test against France. The teams met at the Stade des Ponts Jumeaux in Toulouse on 18 January 1925.31st All Blacks Test Although French rugby had improved since 1906, the All Blacks still won 30–6, with France scoring two tries.

A dual-code rugby international is a rugby footballer who has played at the senior international level in both codes of rugby, 13-a-side rugby league and 15-a-side rugby union. Rugby league started as a breakaway version of rugby in Northern England in 1895 and in New Zealand and Australia in 1908, and consequently a number of early top-class rugby league players had been star players in the rugby union code. Accordingly, a high proportion of Australia and New Zealand's dual-code rugby internationals played in rugby league's formative years in those countries. From 1910 to 1995, dual-code internationals were infrequent and with the single exception of Karl Ifwersen, the player had always first appeared as a union international before shifting to league, due to strict bans applied by administrators in rugby union, which remained amateur, to those players who crossed to the professional code.

By the time England's new "Northern Union game" arrived in Australia it was fundamentally different from that of the Southern Rugby Union, with lineouts, rucks and two players from each team having already been removed, and the play-the-ball introduced to improve the game's flow. A similar schism to that which occurred in England, and for similar reasons, opened up in the rugby union establishment of Australia, seeing the term "rugby league" first used for the new game as in the rest of the world, in 1907 at the instigation of the famous test cricketer Victor Trumper. At a meeting in Bateman's Crystal Hotel in Sydney, New South Wales, the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) was formed as a professional organisation. Players were immediately recruited for the new game, and despite the threat of immediate and lifetime expulsion from the rugby union, the NSWRFL managed to recruit Herbert "Dally" Messenger, the most famous rugby footballer in Sydney at that time.The visit by James Giltinan, Harry Hoyle, and Victor Trumper on Sunday 11 August 1907 to gain the agreement of Dally Messenger's mother, Annie Messenger, for him to switch to the new code is part of Rugby League folklore.