Dennis Ward (rugby league)
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Full name | Dennis Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 27 January 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 December 2021[1] Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dennis Ward (27 January 1944 – 11 December 2021) was an Australian professional
Early life
Dennis Ward was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Club career
Ward played for Canterbury-Bankstown for three seasons between 1964–1965 and 1967,
After retiring from the
Representative career
Ward first played representative football when he was chosen for the City Firsts side in 1969. It would be the only time he played in the City vs Country game.
He was also chosen for NSW in the 1969 and 1972 Interstate series against
Ward gained selection for Australia the 1969 tour of New Zealand and played in two tests against the
Ward was then chosen from Newcastle to the 1973 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, and although playing a number of games on the tour he did not play in a test match against either Great Britain or France.
Coaching
In 1977, Ward captain-coached the
References
- ^ Roy Masters. "Pioneering Australian halfback Dennis Ward dies aged 77". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Greats to get man of match awards
- ^ Bradley, Michael (17 January 2003). "It's safer to ride that bike than do the gardening". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- West Rosellas RLFC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005
- ^ Kdouh, Fatima (28 November 2013). "We take a look back at the greatest Rugby League World Cup finals of all time". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Chesterton, Ray (24 October 2008). "Langlands denied greatest try ever". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2011.