Gerald Cordle
Gerald "Gerry" M. Cordle is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played club level rugby union for Cardiff RFC, as a Wing, and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Bradford Northern and Wales RLFC |South Wales], as a.
Early life
Cordle was born in Cardiff, Wales to a Barbadian father, and was educated at St Mary the Virgin School and Bishop of Llandaff [Church in Wales High School].Playing career
Rugby union
Having mostly played football in his youth, Cordle was a relative latecomer to rugby, and did not play his first senior game until the age of 19. He started out at local club Butetown after a friend persuaded him to play. After trials with Glamorgan Wanderers and Cardiff RFC, Cordle opted to join the latter.He made his first team debut for Cardiff in September 1982 against Neath RFC. Between 1982 and 1989, Cordle went on to make almost 200 appearances for the club, and played in four WRU Challenge Cup finals, winning three of them.
He returned to rugby union in 1996, joining West Hartlepool R.F.C.
Rugby league
Cordle played on the and scored two tries in Bradford Northern's 20–14 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1989 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1989–90 [Rugby Football League season|1989–90 season] at Headingley, Leeds on Sunday 5 November 1989.Cordle played on the in Bradford Northern's 2–12 defeat by Warrington in the 1990–91 [League Cup |1990–91 Regal Trophy] Final during the 1990–91 [Rugby Football League season|1990–91 season] at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 12 January 1991.