Dai Rees (rugby, 1920s)

For other people with similar names, see David Rees (disambiguation).

David Rees

Personal information
Full name	David Rees
Born	(1897-09-16)16 September 1897[1] Abertillery, Wales
Died	unknown
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Abertillery RFC
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1921–32 Halifax 279 28 2 0 88 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Glamorgan and Monmouthshire 1 1924 Other Nationalities 1 1921–36 Wales 6 0 0 0 0 1926 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1936–60 Bradford Northern
Source: [2]

David "Dai" Rees (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached rugby league in the 1930s through to the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities and Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, and at club level for Halifax, as a second-row, and coached at club level for Bradford Northern.^[3]

Playing career

International honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Halifax, won 6 caps for Wales (RL) in 1921–32 while at Halifax, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Halifax in 1926 against New Zealand.^[2]

Dai Rees was selected for Great Britain while at Halifax for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test matches on this tour.^[4]

County Honours

Dai Rees won a cap for Glamorgan and Monmouthshire while at Halifax.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Dai Rees played left-second-row in Halifax's 22-8 victory over York in the 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final during the 1930–31 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1931, in front of a crowd of 40,368.

Club career

Dai Rees made his début for Haifax on 27 August 1921, and he played his last match for Halifax on 16 January 1932.

Coaching career

Club career

Dai Rees was the coach of Bradford Northern from 1936 to 1960, during these 24-years Bradford Northern won every honour in British rugby league.

Honoured at Halifax

Dai Rees is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.^[5]

References

1. "Player Profile - Dai Rees". Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
4. "The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942), 14 April 1924, Page 12". newspapers.nl.sg. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
5. "Halifax Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

• Photograph "Ernest Ward holds the Cup aloft" at rlhp.co.uk
• Photograph "Dai Rees" at rlhp.co.uk

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Coach Bradford Northern 1936-1960	Succeeded by Trevor Foster 1960-1961