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Des Greenslade

Des Greenslade

Rugby player

Desmond Greenslade (11 January 1933 — 16 November 2021) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

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A Cwmcarn-born miner, Greenslade was a prop and played most of his rugby at Newport, playing 285 matches after joining the club from Newbridge in 1955. He was in the Newport side that beat the touring 1957 Wallabies.[2]

Greenslade made a one-off appearance for Wales in the 1962 Five Nations Championship, winning his cap as a replacement for injured prop Kingsley Jones against Scotland in Cardiff, a match they lost 3–8.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Des Greenslade". blackandambers.co.uk. 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Obituary: Des Greenslade - Welsh Rugby Union". Welsh Rugby Union. 18 November 2021.
  3. [3]
    Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
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