Paul Jelfs (born 6 May 1953) is an Australian former

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

and professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney clubs in the

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(NSWRL) competition. Jelfs played in 20 matches for the Eastern Suburbs club before joining South Sydney in 1981 playing in a further 6 matches. Jelfs formerly played

with the Eastern Suburbs rugby union club before switching codes to play rugby league in 1978.

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* Australian rugby union players Australian rugby league players Sydney Roosters players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) South Sydney Rabbitohs players 1953 births New South Wales rugby union team players Eastern Suburbs RUFC players Footballers who switched code Rugby league locks Rugby league second-rows 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1950s-stub