Swinton Lions - Players Earning International Caps While at Swinton

Players Earning International Caps While At Swinton


  • Charles "Charlie" Armitt won caps for England while at Swinton 1949 Other Nationalities
  • Thomas "Tom" Armitt won caps for England while at Swinton 1935 France, Wales, 1936 Wales (2 matches), France, 1937 France, 1938 Wales (2 matches), France, 1939 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1933 Australia, 1936 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), 1937 Australia (3 matches)
  • Edmund "Ted"/"Teddy" Beswick won caps for England (RU) while at Swinton 2-caps
  • Albert Blan won caps for England while at Swinton 1953
  • Christopher "Chris" Brockbank won caps for England while at Swinton 1927 Wales
  • Alan Buckley won caps for England while at Swinton 1968 Wales (sub), and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1963 Australia, 1964 France, 1965 New Zealand, 1966 France, Australia (2 matches), New Zealand
  • Brian Butler won caps for Wales while at Swinton in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, New Zealand, and France (World Cup 1975 3-caps)
  • Frederick "Fred" Butters won caps for England while at Swinton 1932 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1929–30 Australia (2 matches)
  • Leo Casey won caps for Ireland while at Featherstone Rovers, and Swinton 1995–1997 5-caps
  • David "Dai" Davies won a cap for Wales while at Swinton? 1-cap
  • Daniel "Dan" Davies won a cap for Wales while at Swinton 1910 1-cap, and won a cap for Other Nationalities while at Swinton? 1-cap
  • David B. Davies won caps for Wales while at Merthyr Tydfil, Swinton, and Oldham 1908–1913 9-caps
  • William "Billy" Davies won caps for England while at Swinton 1968 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1968 France


  • Michael "Mike" Edwards won a cap for Wales while at Swinton in 1996 against England 1-cap
  • Bryn Evans won caps for England while at Swinton 1930 Other Nationalities, 1932 Wales (2 matches), 1933 Australia, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1926–27 New Zealand, 1928 New Zealand, 1929–30 Australia, 1932 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), 1933 Australia (2 matches)
  • Frank Evans won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1921 against Scotland, won caps for Wales (RL) while at Swinton 7-caps, won caps for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Swinton in 1924 against England, in 1926 against England, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton in 1924 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches)
  • John "Jack" Evans won caps for England while at Swinton 1925 Wales (2 matches), 1926 Wales, Other Nationalities, 1928 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1926–27 New Zealand (3 matches)
  • Richard "Dick" Evans won caps for Wales while at Swinton in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France (2 matches) (World Cup 1975 2-caps)
  • Richard "Richie" Eyres won caps for Wales while at Leeds, and Swinton 1995–1999 7(8, 9?)-caps + 1-cap (sub)
  • Kenneth "Ken" Gowers won caps for England while at Swinton 1962 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1962 France, 1963 France, Australia (3 matches), 1964 France (2 matches), 1965 New Zealand (2 matches), 1966 France (2 matches), Australia, New Zealand (2 matches)
  • Hector Halsall won a cap for Great Britain while at Swinton 1-cap
  • Gordon Haynes won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1-(unofficial?)cap
  • Martin Hodgson won caps for England while at Swinton 1928 Wales, 1929 Other Nationalities, 1932 Wales, 1935 France, 1936 Wales (2 matches), France, 1937 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1929–30 Australia (2 matches), 1932 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), 1933 Australia (3 matches), 1936 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, 1937 Australia
  • Charles "Charlie" Horley won a cap for England (RU) while at Swinton 1-cap
  • Gomer Hughes won caps for Wales while at Swinton 3-caps


  • Robert "Bob" Jones represented Wales XV (RU) while at Aberavon RFC in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Swinton, and St. Helens 1947–1949 3-caps
  • Paul Kennett won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1992 2-caps + 1-cap (sub)
  • John "Jack" Kenny won caps for England while at Swinton 1936 Wales
  • Simon Knox won caps for Scotland while at Swinton 2-caps
  • James Marsh won a cap for England (RU) while at Swinton 1-cap
  • D. Ralph Morgan won caps and was captain for Wales while at Swinton 1949–1950 3-caps
  • Ronald "Ron" Morgan won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1970 England, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1963 France, Australia, 1968 France, New Zealand
  • Chris Morley won caps for Wales while at St. Helens in 1996 against France (sub), and England, while at Salford in 1999 against Ireland, and Scotland, while at Sheffield Eagles in 2000 against South Africa (sub), while at Leigh in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Lebanon (sub), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea (sub), and Australia, while at Oldham in 2001 against England, while at Halifax in 2003 against Russia, and Australia, while at Swinton in 2006 against Scotland, 1996–2006 13(14?)-caps + 4-caps (sub) 1(2?)-try 4(8?)-points
  • David "Dai" Moses won a cap for Wales while at Swinton in 1959 against France at Stade des Minimes, Toulouse on Sunday 1 March 1959
  • Peter Norburn won caps for England while at Swinton 1953 Other Nationalities
  • Frank Osmond represented Great Britain while at Swinton in non-Test matches on the 1950 tour of Australasia, and won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1948–1951 14-caps


  • Owen Phillips won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1951–1953 6-caps
  • William "Billo" Rees won caps for Wales while at Swinton in 1926–1930 6-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1926 New Zealand, 1927 New Zealand, 1928 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), 1929 Australia (2 matches), 1930 Australia
  • Jason Roach won caps for Scotland while at Swinton 2-caps
  • Samuel "Sam" Roberts won caps for England (RU) while at Swinton 2-caps
  • David "Dave" Robinson won caps for England while at Swinton 1969 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1965 New Zealand, 1966 France (2 matches), Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), 1967 France (2 matches), Australia (2 matches), Wigan 1970 Australia
  • John "Johnny" Stopford won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 12-caps
  • Kris Tassell won caps for Wales while at Salford City Reds, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Swinton Lions, and unattached 2000–2004 11(10?)-caps 6-tries 24-points
  • Rees Thomas won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1-(unofficial?)cap
  • James "Jim" Valentine won caps for England (RU) while at Swinton 4-caps
  • Ian Watson won caps for Wales while at Salford, Swinton, Widnes, Rochdale Hornets, Oldham, and Leigh 1996–present 19(17?)-caps + 3-caps (sub) 3(4?)-tries 1-goal 14(18?)-points
  • Daniel "Danny" Wilson won caps for Wales while at Swinton 1981–1984 4(5?)-caps 1-try 1-goal 2-drop-goal 8-points
  • Joseph "Joe" Wright won caps for England while at Swinton 1932 Wales, 1933 Other Nationalities, 1934 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton 1932 New Zealand

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