Name Adrian Hadley Role Rugby player | Height 1.88 m | |
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Adrian Michael Hadley (born 1 March 1963 in Cardiff) is a former Wales international rugby union and rugby league player, as a wing. He played his club rugby for Cardiff and was in the Wales rugby union squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
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- Acorn 20 years adrian hadley
- Rugby union career
- Rugby league career
- County Cup Final appearances
- Coaching
- References
Rugby union career
Hadley attained 29 caps for the Wales rugby union team between 1983 and 1988, scoring nine tries.
Rugby league career
Hadley later switched codes and moved north to join Salford and represented the Wales national rugby league team. Hadley was then signed by Phil Larder the then coach at Widnes in 1992, until his departure in 1995 when he left due to unpaid wages.
County Cup Final appearances
Adrian Hadley played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Salford's 17-22 defeat by Wigan in the 1988 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1988–89 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 23 October 1988, and played left wing in the 24-18 defeat by Widnes in the 1990 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1990–91 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 September 1990.
Coaching
He returned to rugby union as player-coach at Sale Sharks in 1996, later becoming director of rugby at the side. He resigned from the post in 2001.