Gordon Pritchard (born 26 September 1954) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached rugby union in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, and Newport RFC, as a wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Bradford Northern, Barrow, Huddersfield (two spells), Eastern Suburbs (in Canterbury, New Zealand), and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a fullback,[1][2] and coached club level rugby union (RU) for Tondu RFC, Caerphilly RFC, .Senghenydd RFC and Machen RFC

Gordon Pritchard
Personal information
Born (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954 (age 70)
Cardiff, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1973–74 Cardiff RFC 8
1974–75 Newport RFC 26 2
Total 34 2 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1975–76 Leeds
1976–78 Bradford Northern
≤1978–≥78 Barrow
≤1980–≥80 Huddersfield
≥1980–≥80 Eastern Suburbs (NZ)
≥1980–≥80 Huddersfield 1
≤1981–≥81 Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1
Total 0 2 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1978–81 Wales 6
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
≤1998–≥98 Tondu RFC
≤2001–02 Caerphilly RFC
Machen RFC
Total 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

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International honours

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Gordon Pritchard won caps for Wales while at Barrow, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1978…1981 1(3?)-caps + 2-caps (interchange/substitute).[1]

Club career

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Pritchard played a season with the Eastern Suburbs club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[3]

Note

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Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. ^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987. p.96
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