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Merv Hicks
Mervyn J. Hicks (born in 1943 in Crosskeys, Monmouthshire) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s. He played rugby union club football in Wales for the Cross Keys RFC, rugby league club football in Britain for Doncaster, Warrington, St. Helens, Hull, Leeds and Bradford Northern, and in Australia for the Canterbury Bulldogs and North Sydney Bears. Hicks was also selected to play representative football for Great Britain, Commonwealth XIII, and Lancashire.
== Early career ==
After representing Wales Youth Rugby Union as number 8 and captain in 1960 (in the same team as David Watkins), he was 'lured north' to play rugby league for Doncaster (3 appearances 1961) for the sum of £1000, enough to buy several houses in his home village at that time. At 6'2" and 17 stones, his dynamic skills, aggressive defence and size caught the eye of Warrington (24 appearances 1962–64), who paid Doncaster £6000 just a few months later to sign him. The "Wire" converted him from a to a hard running ball distributor playing as a or .
Whilst at Warrington, he was picked as captain of the Great Britain under-24 team. He then moved onto St. Helens (84 appearances 1964-1966) starring in one of the all-time great packs alongside legends such as Ray French, Cliff Watson and fellow Welshmen Kel Coslett, John Warlow and John Mantle, and also winning selection for Commonwealth XIII and full caps for Great Britain.
Merv Hicks represented the Commonwealth XIII rugby league team while at St. Helens in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965,
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