Ness Flowers
{{Short description|Wales international rugby league & union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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Ness Flowers (birth unknown) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He captained the Welsh Schools Under-15's in 1971, and played for Wales Youth in 1973. At club level he played rugby union (RU) for Neath RFC, Crynant RFC, Ystradgynlais RFC, Abercrave RFC and Neath Athletic RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wigan, Huddersfield and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a {{rlp|sh}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}
International honours
Ness Flowers won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1980–1984 while at Wigan, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1-tries 3-points.
Note
Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=397 Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com]
- (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106005856/http://www.neathschoolsrugby.com/aplottedhistory.htm Neath Schools Rugby Union: A Plotted History]
- (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106010139/http://www.neathschoolsrugby.com/welshschoolshonours.htm Neath Schools' Players Who Have Played For Welsh Schools]
- [http://www.freewebs.com/crynantrfc/aboutus.htm Crynant RFC - About Us]
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Category:Abercrave RFC players
Category:Cardiff City Blue Dragons players
Category:Footballers who switched code
Category:Huddersfield Giants players
Category:Neath Athletic RFC players
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Wales national rugby league team players
Category:Welsh rugby league players
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:Wigan Warriors players