Roy Sabine

Roy Sabine

Personal information
Born	England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Centre
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1962–≥62 "The Dukes"
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1959–≥62 Keighley 175 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1963 Yorkshire 2 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% ≤1976–≥76 Keighley
Source: [1]

Roy Sabine (birth unknown) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1970s. He played rugby union (RU) for Duke of Wellington's Regiment ("The Dukes"), as a centre, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Keighley, as a stand-off, and coached at club level for Keighley. Roy Sabine served as a Private with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Coaching career

Roy Sabine coached Keighley to the 1976 Challenge Cup semi-final during the 1975–76 season against St. Helens at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 3 April 1976.^[2]

Honoured at Keighley Cougars

Roy Sabine is a Keighley Cougars Hall of Fame inductee, he was inducted in 1999 alongside Len Ward.^[3]

References

1. "Player Summary: Roy Sabine". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
2. Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-61]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
3. "Tribute paid to legend Ward, 85". keighleynews.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

• Search for "Sabine" at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Duke of Wellington's Regiment Rugby Union Team 1961–62
• The Welshman who kicked an amazing 535 goals for Halifax (Includes photograph of Keighley team in 1962)
• Tribute paid to legend Ward, 85