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Chris Seldon


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Christopher "Chris" Seldon ( (1953-07-18) 18 July 1953 ) born in Glyncoch, is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales 'B', and at club level for Pontypridd RFC, as a Back row, i.e. Flanker, or Number Eight, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.

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Chris Seldon came up through the ranks of Pontypridd Youth before progressing to the club's senior team in 1973.

Time spent in service with the Welsh Guards, alongside his Ponty back row partner, Michael "Mike" Shellard, helped mould Chris into a hard as nails back row forward who gave nor asked any quarter on the field of play.

Gaining honours with Wales 'B' against the touring Pumas of Argentina in 1975, Chris was a member of the senior national squad, but unlucky not to win a full Welsh cap.

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Outside of rugby

Having originally worked as a machine operator, and served in the Welsh Guards, Chris later set up his own insurance company in Pontypridd.

International honours

Chris Seldon represented Wales 'B' (RU) in 1975 while at Pontypridd against Argentina (Los Pumas) and was a member of the senior squad, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at St. Helens in 1980 1-cap + 1-cap (sub).

References

Chris Seldon Wikipedia