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Post by Utility-forward Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:25 pm

According to scrum.com, Craig Gower is going back to league, which got me thinking. How many other players have swapped codes twice? The only other that I can think of is Jonathan Davies.

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Post by Shifty Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:26 pm

JD went back to League after he retired from Union?
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Post by Utility-forward Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:27 pm

Didn't he go from union to league back to union?

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Post by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:30 pm

Brad Thorn - League to Union to League to Union
Mat Rogers - Union (schoolboy IIRC) to League to Union to League


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Post by Shifty Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:30 pm

Utility-forward wrote:Didn't he go from union to league back to union?

Oh sorry I get it.

Well yes loads of Welsh boys did that. Dai Young, Scott Quinell, Alan Bateman, Adrian Hadley, Stuart Evans, Paul Moriarty, Jonathan Evans, Scott Gibbs, Richard Webster, John Deveraux, Kevin Phillips pretty much half the Wales 1988 Triple Crown team actually. They all started in Union left for League, then returned when Union went professional.

Though Iestyn Harries, started in League, came to Union, then went back to League.


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Post by mpc28 Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:31 pm

Iestyn Harris did and also i think Jason Robinson played a few games for Bath while super league switched from a winter to summer sport.

Henry Paul is another who played for Bath during the summer switch and then went to union again and then back to league.


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Post by Utility-forward Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:34 pm

Ah. Well now I look really silly, I wasn't expecting that many to have done it!

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Post by Shifty Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:35 pm

Utility-forward wrote:Ah. Well now I look really silly, I wasn't expecting that many to have done it!

Don't feel bad your not old enough to remember the amateur days of Welsh rugby Hug

Va’aiga Tuigamala is another also, he was poached from New Zealand Rugby, went to Wigan then back to Union and played for Samoa.
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Post by MBTGOG Tue 09 Aug 2011, 5:49 pm

Lote Tuqiri. From league to union and now back in League.

Ryan Cross was a schoolboy Union player, made a name in league and is now back in Union.


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Post by Imperialbigdave Tue 09 Aug 2011, 6:35 pm

Rod Davies. Union to league and back to union
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Post by rodders Tue 09 Aug 2011, 7:03 pm

Wendell Sailor, Karl Pryce and Chev Walker all went from League to Union and back to League.

Martin Offiah went from Union to League and back to union as did Alan Tait.

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Post by rodders Tue 09 Aug 2011, 7:05 pm

mpc28 wrote:Iestyn Harris did and also i think Jason Robinson played a few games for Bath while super league switched from a winter to summer sport.

Henry Paul is another who played for Bath during the summer switch and then went to union again and then back to league.

Gary Connelly and Robbie Paul did the same.
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Post by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Tue 09 Aug 2011, 7:33 pm

There were a few converts back in the 1920s too - RU issued an amnesty post WWI allowing anyone who'd switched to RL pre-war to return.
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Post by Bathite Tue 09 Aug 2011, 7:51 pm

Lee Smith, although he was a failure at Wasps and not sure he actually got a start

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Post by aucklandlaurie Tue 09 Aug 2011, 8:28 pm

Jarrod saffey,mark Gasnier, Wendell sailor...............

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Post by Taylorman Tue 09 Aug 2011, 8:32 pm


Mark Ellis went to league then went to orange boy- and made 17million from that one... Yahoo

JK went to league then went back to coach rugby- nearly there.

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Post by rodders Wed 10 Aug 2011, 10:19 am

That fella at wasps too that was married to Kirsty Gallagher.

Paul Sampson? Didn't he play for Wakefield too?
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Post by TheGreyGhost Wed 10 Aug 2011, 12:50 pm

Ok, probably a better question then:

Did anyone not switch codes twice?

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Post by rodders Wed 10 Aug 2011, 4:20 pm

TheGreyGhost wrote:Ok, probably a better question then:

Did anyone not switch codes twice?

Well SBW hasn't yet.... Whistle
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Post by rodders Thu 11 Aug 2011, 9:37 am

Can't believe I forgot about Brian Carney. Played League for Gateshead/Hull, Wigan, Gold coast, Sydney and Great Britain, then played RU for Munster and Ireland before returning to League with Warrington(?).

Apolo Perrelini went from RU to ST Helens before moving to Sale.

Didn't Mark Cueto used to play RL?
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Post by blackcanelion Thu 11 Aug 2011, 9:43 am

Apparently Ali Lauitiiti may convert to union. He pretty sure played union as a schoolboy for Otahuhu College. I remember the team (huge).

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Post by MBTGOG Thu 11 Aug 2011, 12:15 pm

blackcanelion wrote:Apparently Ali Lauitiiti may convert to union. He pretty sure played union as a schoolboy for Otahuhu College. I remember the team (huge).

He has signed for Wakefield in the Super League.


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Post by bedfordwelsh Thu 11 Aug 2011, 5:40 pm

Jiffy,
Bateman
Gibbs
Quinnell

All went from Union to League then back to Union didn't they?
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Post by PJHolybloke Thu 11 Aug 2011, 6:12 pm

Well I like to call my black backless strappy number "the Cheryl" and my 4 inch killer Laboutin heels "the trip-traps". Very Happy
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Post by PJHolybloke Thu 11 Aug 2011, 6:14 pm

Doh Sorry fellas - I was searching on cross dressing codes, my bad.
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Post by Taylorman Fri 12 Aug 2011, 1:01 am

Two doors down to the left pj... Hug

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Post by Countnefarious Fri 12 Aug 2011, 7:50 am

I have.

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Post by rodders Fri 12 Aug 2011, 9:02 am

Countnefarious wrote:I have.

Me too but I haven't played a game yet on my return to union but did some training, does that count?
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Post by ScarletSpiderman Fri 12 Aug 2011, 9:49 am

Frano Botica did the switch back an fore thing didn't he?
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Post by chewed_mintie Sat 13 Aug 2011, 12:31 pm

blackcanelion wrote:Apparently Ali Lauitiiti may convert to union. He pretty sure played union as a schoolboy for Otahuhu College. I remember the team (huge).

You should of seen the Auckland U17 RL team he played in! I plated for Wellington and we had no idea who he was as everyone was talking about the million dollar kid..........Lesley Vainikolo (rumours of a massive offer from Wigan at the time) who was a massive lump even then and captain of the Auckland team. We planned to triple team big Les which worked but only as far as leaving acres of space for Ali to announce his arrival - he carved us up that day and was signed to the Warriors out of that tournament!

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