Les Sheard

Leslie Sheard
Personal information
Full name Leslie Sheard
Nickname Les
Born circa-1945
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–1971 Wakefield RFC
Rugby league
Position Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–1971 Castleford 9 0 1 0 2
1972–1980 Wakefield Trinity 171 31 5 103
1980–81 York 33 11
1981–1982 Huddersfield
Total 213 42 6 0 105
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1975 England 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1981–≥81 Huddersfield
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Leslie "Les" Sheard is an English teacher, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC,[1] and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Castleford, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #777), York (captain), and Huddersfield, as a Fullback, or Centre, i.e. number 1, or, 2 or 5, and coaching club level rugby league (RL) for Huddersfield, as of 2009 he lives in Devon.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Les Sheard won a cap for England (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1975 against Wales.[3]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Les Sheard played Fullback in Wakefield Trinity's 3–12 defeat by Widnes in the 1979 Challenge Cup final during the 1978–79 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979.[4]

County Cup final appearances

Les Sheard played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing Fullback Geoffrey Wraith) in Wakefield Trinity's 2-7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played Fullback in the 13-16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.

References

  1. ↑ Wakefield Rugby Football Club—1901–2001 A Centenary History. Written and compiled by David Ingall in 2001
  2. ↑ "York Rugby League Club's championship-winning team of 1980/1 to be re-united at a special dinner". yorkpress.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC – FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

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