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This is a list of professional rugby league players who died during matches, or shortly afterwards due to injuries received/incidents during matches. Not included are non-first team players, amateur players or deaths unrelated to playing.
The game of Rugby evolved at Rugby School from early folk football, with the rules of play being agreed upon before the start of each match. Some Rugby clubs were also early members of The Football Association, leaving after they left out rules for "running with the ball" and "hacking" when framing their code in 1863. The rugby laws were ...
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List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the world wars This page was last edited on 27 May 2024, at 15:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1473833210. Palenski, Ron (2011). Last Post: Rugby's Wartime Roll Call. New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. ISBN 978-0-473-18323-3. Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5)
Johnnie Williams the most capped player to be killed. Thirteen were killed in the First World War (Palenski also includes Hopkin Maddock who died on 15 December 1921 from war wounds) [1] Billy Geen (3 caps) Bryn Lewis (2 caps) Fred Perrett (5 caps) Lou Phillips (4 caps) Charlie Pritchard (14 caps) C. G. Taylor (9 caps) E.J. Thomas (4 caps ...