| Date of birth | (1886-08-02)2 August 1886 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 January 1950(1950-01-22) (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Aaron Rees (2 August 1886 — 22 January 1950) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Maesteg, Rees captained his hometown club Maesteg RFC and gained a single Wales cap, as one of their forwards in the one-off match against the 1919 New Zealand Army team in Swansea.
Rees was a mine worker at Navigation Colliery in his younger days and later worked in construction.
See also
References
- They Played Rugby for Wales (2023 edition). Eric Lemon. 11 May 2024. ISBN 0645362662.
- "Wales and New Zealand". Western Mail. 14 April 1919.
- "Late Mr. A. Rees, Pyle and Maesteg". The Glamorgan Gazette. 3 February 1950.
External links
- Aaron Rees at ESPNscrum