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| Full name | Les Davidson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-04-03)3 April 1963 (age 62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Les Davidson (born 3 April 1963) is an Australian former professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs andCronulla-Sutherland Sharks and represented at both the State and national levels. His position of choice on the field wassecond-row orprop.[2]
Davidson made his first grade début for theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs in 1985. At the end of the1986 NSWRL season, he became the first South Sydney player in over a decade to be selected for Australia when he went on the1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France. He played fiveState of Origin matches forNew South Wales and was namedMan of the match in Game 1, 1987.
Davidson was a member of the New South Wales Origin squad which playedQueensland at Veterans Stadium,Long Beach, California on 6 August 1987. Davidson also representedAustralia in a number of Test Matches. He is listed on theAustralian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 577.[3]
In the Australian off-season of 1988 and 1989, Davidson had two stints in England playing for theWarrington Wolves andWigan Warriors.[4]
After very nearly joining theBrisbane Broncos, Davidson signed with Cronulla-Sutherland. He made 133 appearances in first grade for the Sharks, adding hardened representative experience to the Cronulla pack during the 1990s, and he became a Sharks favourite.[5]