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Bill Francis, English born born professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Wales and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wigan, St. Helens, Oldham and Salford, as a fullback, wing, centre or stand-off. Obit

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Lewis Jones has died aged 92. He played both Rugby Union for Wales (1950-1952), the British and Irish Lions (1950) and Rugby League for Wales (1953-1963) and Great Britain (1954-1957). Jones was inducted into the Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013.

 

Obituaries: BBC

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Craig Maxwell de....livers match ball after completing epic walk. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68520802

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Neil Thimbleby was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and died in Napier aged 84. Thimbleby represented Hawke's Bay at provincial level and was a member of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, on their 1970 tour of South Africa. He played 13 games for the All Blacks on that tour

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350220200/all-blacks-prop-hawkes-bay-rugby-legend-neil-thimbleby-dies-aged-84

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Bob Lanigan has died aged 81, was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played for Newtown in the New South Wales Rugby competition

In 1966 Lanigan finished as the competition's top scorer with 185 points.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/04/04/vale-bob-lanigan/

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8 minutes ago, diego said:

Bob Lanigan has died aged 81, was an Australian rugby league footballer

I don’t know squat about rugby, but is it normal to call a guy who practices rugby a "footballer" ? Shouldn’t you say "rugby player" ?

Or is it a special case for Australia ?

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Just now, Sinbabad said:

I don’t know squat about rugby, but is it normal to call a guy who practices rugby a "footballer" ? Shouldn’t you say "rugby player" ?

Or is it a special case for Australia ?

It's the way it is on his Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lanigan

maybe this article will help explain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football

But it was a good question

 

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52 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

Ok so if I understand correctly, "rugby football" is the "official" name for the sport that everybody calls rugby ?

Kinda like "association football" for football ?

 

Yes.  It's not quite as mad as calling a game football where the only foot that ever touches it is a kickoff, field goal or punt.

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4 hours ago, En Passant said:

 

Yes.  It's not quite as mad as calling a game football where the only foot that ever touches it is a kickoff, field goal or punt.

For what it’s worth, it’s believed the origin of the word football referred to any ball sport played on foot, as opposed to horseback. Over time it for some reason stuck specifically to what eventually became American football.

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33 minutes ago, DDI said:

For what it’s worth, it’s believed the origin of the word football referred to any ball sport played on foot, as opposed to horseback. Over time it for some reason stuck specifically to what eventually became American football.

 

Ahhh yes, so that's why cricket is short for cricket football.

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Does anyone call (association) football "soccer" these days?

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6 minutes ago, time said:

Does anyone call (association) football "soccer" these days?

 

In a previous role. I worked on a project about the methods of assessment for various types of sports footwear and my boss was adamant that when we referred to Football it should always be soccer because most of the brands were US based or took their lead from the US and they would confuse football with the American version

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On 05/04/2024 at 09:14, time said:

Does anyone call (association) football "soccer" these days?

They do in Ireland. I listened to Ireland playing on RTE Radio online the other week and they called it it Soccer. 

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19 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

André Boniface, former XV de France player, dead at 89

48 caps and 4 Five Nations Championship, including '54 first France win (with Wales and England) and '59 (France "only winner").

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John O'Shea, Wales (5 caps) & Lions (1 cap) prop, has died aged 83 after a lengthy illness. First Lion to be sent off for foul play and also first lions prop to score 2 tries in a game.

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Terry Hill was born in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia and died in the Philippines aged 52, was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a center in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs , Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers as well as New South Wales and Australian representative football. He is also known for his television promotional work with Lowes Menswear. First player on Australia's 1995 World Cup winning team to die (only the coach had died)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/24/terry-hill-death-age-52-cause-nrl-player-nsw-kangaroos-manly-sea-eagles

O jogador do NRL, Terry Hill, correndo com a bola debaixo do braço, olhando para a defesa.

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Jacques Lepatey was born in Mazamet, was a French rugby union player and died aged 94. He made his junior debut with Sallèles-d'Aude in 1946, before joining RC Narbonne and SC Mazamet. In 1958, he set the record for most points tries in a season, a record surpassed by Jean-Pierre Puidebois in 1974. He also made five appearances for the French national team during the 1954 European Rugby Union Cup and the Five-a-side Championship. 1955 Nations

https://www.lindependant.fr/2024/05/01/rugby-a-xv-le-sallelois-jacques-lepatey-ancien-international-francais-est-decede-11924168.php

Em 2018, Jacques Lepatey recebeu a Medalha de Honra do Senado do senador Roland Courteau.

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