Jack Rhapps
Athlete
1876 – 1950
Who was Jack Rhapps?
John "Jack" Rhapps was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Penygraig and international rugby for Wales. Rhapps later "Went North", when he turned professional, joining rugby league team Salford, and along with Anthony Starks they became the World's first dual-code rugby internationals.
Rhapps was born in the Penylan pub in Aberaman, near Aberdare, but came to the Rhondda Valley to find work. A collier by profession, Rhapps was one of the first 'Rhondda forwards', an aggressive style of forward player who was expected to play a more physical style of game.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1876
Aberaman - Lived in
- Aberaman
- Died
- Jan 23, 1950
Stretford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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