David Jeanes

Horace David Jeanes
Personal information
Full name	Horace David Jeanes
Born	(1943-12-27) 27 December 1943 Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg; 229 lb)
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1968–≤68	Wakefield RFC
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1968–72	Wakefield Trinity	168
1972–75	Leeds	83
1977–≥79	Huddersfield	36
	Total	287	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≥1968–≤75	Yorkshire	≥4
1971–72	Great Britain	8	3
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Horace David Jeanes ( (1943-12-27) 27 December 1943) born in Skipton, is an English rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer, playing club level rugby union for Wakefield RFC and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage #734), Leeds and Huddersfield, as a Prop, number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

Rugby Union career

Silsden U19 RL team – 1 game in 1961 final – second row
Wakefield Trinity 1967–1972 – played 168 games – prop
- 1968 won championship final
- lost 'watersplash' final at Wembley (D. Fox missed goal)
- 1971 played 3 times for Yorkshire RL
- Played 3 times for Great Britain (once against France, twice against New Zealand)
- Captained Wakefield against Halifax in No 6 final which Wakefield lost
- 1972 played for Great Britain twice against France
- 1972 played for Yorks RL once
Leeds 1972/74 - prop
- 1972 played for GB in World Cup (twice against Australia; including final, and once against New Zealand)
- 1973 won Players No 6 final
- 1973 won Yorkshire Cup
- 1974 won Yorks Cup
Amateur Rugby League
- 1975 Shaw Lane - won division, cup runners up (player coach)
- 1976/77 Underbank - played important games
Huddersfield 1977/1979
- part of promotion winning team, player of the season

Jeanes played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Great Britain’s 10-10 draw with Australia in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup final at Stade de Gerland, Lyon on 11 November 1972. Great Britain were awarded the Rugby League World Cup by virtue of a better position in the final qualification league table.^[1]

David Jeanes played Left-Prop, number 8, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity’s 17-10 victory over Hull in the Championship final during the 1967–68 season at Headingley on Saturday 4 May 1968.^[2]

David Jeanes played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, in Leeds 7-2 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1973 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973.

David Jeanes played Left-Prop, i.e. number 8, and was captain in Wakefield Trinity's 11-22 defeat by Halifax in the 1971-72 Player's No.6 Trophy final during the 1971–72 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 January 1972, and played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Leeds' 12-7 victory over Salford in the 1972-73 Player's No.6 Trophy final during the 1972–73 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 24 March 1973.

↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC – FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

Great Britain squad - 1972 Rugby League World Cup champions (3rd title)

1. Paul Charlton 2. Clive Sullivan (c) 3. Chris Hesketh 4. John Walsh 5. John Atkinson 6. John Holmes 7. Steve Nash 8. Terry Clawson 9. Mike Stephenson 10. David Jeanes 11. Phil Lowe 12. Brian Lockwood 13. George Nicholls 14. Robert "Bob" Irving Coach: Jim Challinor

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