Clarrie Prentice

Clarence Warwick Prentice (1 July 1891 – 10 March 1948) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international. He is the younger brother of fellow Wests player Ward Prentice.

Clarrie Prentice

Personal information
Born	Clarence Warwick Prentice (1891-07-01)1 July 1891 Sydney, New South Wales
Died	10 March 1948(1948-03-10) (aged 56) Concord, New South Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Western Suburbs RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1914 Wallabies 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1915–24 Western Suburbs 115 80 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–22 Australia 5 0 0 0 0 1919–24 New South Wales 9 12
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1927 Western Suburbs 0 0 0 0
As of 7 April 2021

Rugby union career

Prentice played rugby union with the Western Suburbs Rugby Club in Sydney and represented with the Wallabies as a prop in 1914 against the All Blacks.

Rugby league career

In 1915 Clarrie, and his brother Archie, joined the Western Suburbs Rugby League Club.

His international rugby league debut against New Zealand in Wellington on 23 August 1919, alongside Claud O'Donnell saw them become Australia's 20th and 21st dual code rugby internationals. It wasn't until 18 years later that Doug McLean jnr would become the next Australian dual representative.

Prentice was selected on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He played in all three Tests of the tour and in 22 other tour matches for Australia.

He coached Western Suburbs in the 1927 NSWRFL season.

Sources

• Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League, Aust'n Broadcasting Corp, Sydney