yearastart updated teama fieldgoalsa birth_date yearstart triesb first pointsa club yearbstart ru_position name fullname birth_place yearend teamb pointsb nickname source retired new yearaend appearancesa yearbend appearancesb position goalsa goalsb fieldgoalsb triesa article_title ru_club
1985 11 may 2012 great britain 0 16 march 1961 1985 1988 1992 4 ru 28 cardiff rumney pontypool leeds salford 1993 ? phil ford philip g. ford cardiff , wales 88 92 95 wales 16 the rubber man -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/phil-ford/summary.html rugby league project -rsb- yes yes 89 12 95 8 ? 0 0 0 7 phil ford -lrb- rugby -rrb-
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phil ford -lrb- rugby -rrb-

phil ford is a welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s , who played at representative level for great britain and wales , and at club level for warrington , wigan , bradford , leeds , and salford , as a , or , i.e. number 1 , 2 or 5 , or 3 or 4 .
his brother steve ford was a wales national rugby union team footballer , who was suspended for a period for having played a rugby league trial with leeds .
his nephew is wales rugby league international lloyd white .
ford inititally played rugby union in wales at club level for cardiff rfc , and rumney rfc .
he signed professional from welsh rugby union with english rugby league club warrington and commenced playing for them in 1981 .
ford was selected to go on the 1988 great britain lions tour .
he was a member of the great britain team that won the third ashes test in australia .
it was their first win against the kanagaroos since the second test at odsal in 1978 .
ford played on the wing for bradford in the 1987 yorkshire cup final re-play , which they won .
he was selected for the wales national team to compete in the 1995 world cup .
ford was nicknamed `` the rubber man '' due to his elusive running style .
following his rugby league career , he returned to live in cardiff and played for rumney rfc .
