Les Sheard

Les Sheard

Personal information
Full name	Leslie Sheard
Born	c. 1945 (age 78–79)
Playing information
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1969–71 Wakefield RFC
Rugby league
Position	Fullback, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1970–72 Castleford 9 0 1 0 2 1972–80 Wakefield Trinity 171 31 5 0 103 1980–81 York 33 11 1981–82 Huddersfield Total 213 42 6 0 105 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Yorkshire 1975 England 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1981–≥81 Huddersfield
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Leslie Sheard (born c. 1945) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached rugby league in the 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Wakefield RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford (Heritage No. 539), Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 777), York (captain), and Huddersfield, as a fullback, or centre, i.e. number 1, or, 2 or 5, and coached club level rugby league for Huddersfield.

Background

Les Sheard worked as a school teacher, and as of 2009 he lives in Devon.

Playing career

International honours

Les Sheard won a cap for England (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1975 against Wales.

County honours

Les Sheard won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Les Sheard played fullback in Wakefield Trinity's 3–12 defeat by Widnes in the 1979 Challenge Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of a crowd of 94,218.

County Cup Final appearances

Les Sheard played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, (replacing fullback Geoffrey Wraith) in Wakefield Trinity's 2–7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played fullback in the 13–16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.

Club career

Les Sheard made his début for Wakefield Trinity during March 1972, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.