Rob "Bob" A. Valentine (born ) is a Scottish

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and professional

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footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and

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ed rugby league in the 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for South of Scotland, and at club level for Hawick Wanderers RFC,

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and

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as a

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, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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and

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, and at club level for

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( Heritage No. 768) and

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(

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), as a or , i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, and coached at club level rugby league (RL) for Britannia Works in 1975 in

's Pennine League, and formed the

colts team in 1976.

Background

Bob Valentine was born in

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, Scotland, and he worked as an

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Playing career

International honours

Rob Valentine represented South of Scotland (RU) while at Hawick RFC, his last match being the 0–8 defeat by

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in the 1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour match at

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on Saturday 16 November 1963, and represented

(RL) while at Huddersfield, he played in the 2–19 defeat by St. Helens at

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, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new

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County Cup Final appearances

Rob Valentine played left-, i.e. number 8, in

's 2–7 defeat by

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in the 1973–74

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County Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at

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Rugby Stadium,

on Saturday 20 October 1973.

Player's No.6 Trophy Final appearances

Rob Valentine played right-, i.e. number 12, and scored a try in

's 11–22 defeat by Halifax in the 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1971–72 season at

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, Bradford on Saturday 22 January 1972.

Club career

Rob Valentine transferred from

in 1963 for a signing-on fee of £4,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £160,800 in 2016), he made his début for Wakefield Trinity during October 1970, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions,

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, or

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s, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Genealogical information

Rob Valentine is the younger brother of the rugby union, and rugby league footballer;

Dave Valentine David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s ...

, and the rugby union footballer; Alec Valentine.

References

External links

Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
* ttp://official.sportnetwork.net/main/s347/st61143.htm Scotland Rugby League International Honours Boardbr>Hawick Wanderers InternationalistsRugby league's Borders greats are honouredWe turn the clock back to November 1963 when the New Zealand All Blacks played the South of Scotland at Hawick’s Mansfield Park
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