Personal information
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Full name | Tyssul Griffiths | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tuss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 June 1919 Bridgend, Wales |
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Died | 1979 (aged 59–60) Leeds, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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Source: rugbyleagueproject.org
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Tyssul "Tuss" Griffiths (6 June 1919 — 1979 (aged 59–60)) born in Bridgend, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, and at club level Newport RFC, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level Hunslet, Doncaster, Halifax, and Dewsbury, as a fullback, i.e. number 1, he died in Leeds.
Tuss Griffiths represented Wales XV (RU) while at Newport RFC in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946,and won 2 caps for Wales (RL) in 1946–1951 while at Hunslet and Doncaster.
Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies, Harold Thomas, and Leslie Thomas.
Gomer Hughes, and Harold Thomas had previously won Wales (RU) caps, but the other footballers hadn't, and having already changed to the rugby league code they were unable to do so, but Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Leslie Thomas, did go on to win Wales (RL) caps.