Clarence Warwick Prentice (1 July 1891 – 10 March 1948) was an Australian

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and

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footballer who represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international. He is the younger brother of fellow Wests player Ward Prentice.

Rugby union career

Prentice played rugby union with the Western Suburbs Rugby Club in Sydney and represented with the

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as a prop in 1914 against the

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Rugby league career

In 1915 Clarrie, and his brother Archie, joined the Western Suburbs Rugby League Club. His international rugby league debut against

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in Wellington on 23 August 1919, alongside

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saw them become Australia's 20th and 21st dual code rugby internationals. It wasn't until 18 years later that Doug McLean jnr would become the next Australian dual representative. Prentice was selected on the

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. He played in all three Tests of the tour and in 22 other tour matches for Australia. He coached Western Suburbs in the

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Sources

* Whiticker, Alan (2004) ''Captaining the Kangaroos'', New Holland, Sydney * Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Aust'n Broadcasting Corp, Sydney

References

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