Name Leslie Sheard | ||
Leslie "Les" Sheard is an English teacher, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 777), York (captain), and Huddersfield, as a Fullback, or Centre, i.e. number 1, or, 2 or 5, and coaching club level rugby league (RL) for Huddersfield, as of 2009 he lives in Devon.
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International honours
Les Sheard won a cap for England (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1975 against Wales.
County honours
Les Sheard won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Les Sheard played Fullback in Wakefield Trinity's 3–12 defeat by Widnes in the 1979 Challenge Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218.
County Cup Final appearances
Les Sheard played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing Fullback Geoffrey Wraith) in Wakefield Trinity's 2-7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played Fullback in the 13-16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.