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| Full name | Robert Watkin Poole[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1874[1] Hartlepool, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 1933 (aged 59)[2] Southampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Watkin Poole (4 November 1874 – December 1933) was an English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Broughton Rangers.[3]
Born in Hartlepool, Poole played rugby union for Hartlepool Old Boys and Hartlepool Rovers. He played at county level for Durham, and also represented England once in 1896.
In 1901, Poole switched codes to rugby league and joined Broughton Rangers.
Poole won a cap for England while at Broughton Rangers in 1905 against Other Nationalities.