About Des Greenslade
Lived 1933 – 2021 (aged 87–88). Des Greenslade was a rugby union player.
Desmond Greenslade (11 January 1933 — 16 November 2021) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
A Cwmcarn-born miner, Greenslade was a prop and played most of his rugby at Newport, playing 285 matches after joining the club from Newbridge in 1955. He was in the Newport side that beat the touring 1957 Wallabies.
Greenslade made a one-off appearance for Wales in the 1962 Five Nations Championship, winning his cap as a replacement for injured prop Kingsley Jones against Scotland in Cardiff, a match they lost 3–8.
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Who was Des Greenslade?
rugby player
When was Des Greenslade born?
Des Greenslade was born in 1933.
When did Des Greenslade die?
Des Greenslade died in 2021.
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Des Greenslade was a rugby union player.
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