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Thread #135426   Message #3114057
Posted By: MikeL2
15-Mar-11 - 07:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Six Nations 2011 (Rugby Union)
Subject: RE: BS: Six Nations 2011 (Rugby Union)
hi Dave

<"As an afterthought do you think it's possible that England could have a half-back called Myler capped at both League and Union? ">

This is very possible - who would have thought that Chris Ashton would be a success at Union ???? I saw him a few times and never really rated him. Shows what I know !!!

Of course since the advent of proffessional Rugby Union there have been many "converts" from the League code to Union. Some have been notable successes and others ....well not quite so.

Before that most of the moves were from Union to League with Martin Offiah and Jonathan Davies probably two of the best known examples.

Up here in the North West of England it is/was not unusual for players to play both League and Union at the same time ( of course not literally ).

Indeed I played several games for assorted League teams under assumed identies. So much so that some of my friends thought that I had changed my name by deed pole to A N Other....lol

Of course I think that the first example of a player playing for England at both codes was Alex Murphy who did it during the War.

Cheers

MikeL2