Gordon Pritchard - Full-back
Wales RLHeritage No | 307 |
Date Of Birth | 26/09/1954 |
Place Of Birth | Cardiff |
Clubs | Cardiff City Blue Dragons, Huddersfield Giants, Barrow Raiders, Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos, Newport, Cardiff, Eastern Suburbs Canterbury |
Honours | Wales RL |
Managed | Caerphilly, Tondu |
Gordon Pritchard started playing rugby union for Cardiff before joining Newport but rugby wasn't his first sport. He was an up and coming footballer and had trials for Manchester United in his youth. He eventually turned professional in the rugby league code with Leeds in 1974 after being signed by Roy Francis. Originally a policeman, he quit his job to move north, which didn't work out at first as he failed to break into their first team, playing many times for the reserves. A year later, he moved to Bradford Northern, whom Francis had gone to a few months before. He was more successful there in the first team, remaining at the club for three years before having spells at Barrow and Huddersfield and also playing professionally in New Zealand for Eastern Suburbs in Canterbury. He eventually returned to Wales with Cardiff Blue Dragons where he played 81 matches, scoring 18 tries and kicking two drop-goals. He eventually returned to rugby union as a coach most famously at the top level with Caerphilly in the pre-regional era. His grandsons Scott Pritchard and Carter Pritchard have followed him into the rugby league code and are WRL junior internationals.
PLAYER FOR | P | W | D | L | TRY | GOALS | DG | PTS | |||
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Wales RL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
TOTAL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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