Sadly Alan died on Sunday 5 January.
Our sincere condolences go to his son and daughter, Jon and Kirsti, and their families.
He will be cremated in Leeds where he had been a resident in a care home for some time. The service will be followed by a Celebration of Alan’s life sometime in the spring, probably at the Treebridge Hotel.
Alan was a powerful back row forward who could handle the ball as fluently as a back. He was a member of the team which beat Roundhay in the final of the Yorkshire Cup in 1976, in all making 241 appearances for the 1st team, scoring 78 tries; he played county rugby for Durham.
After he ‘retired’ from senior rugby he occasionally turned out for our lower teams, usually in the centre, when it was a pleasure watching him create havoc and mayhem as he destroyed the opposition.
Alan was a Vice President of the club, and served as Membership Secretary.
RIP Alan
