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Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Leeds was a rugby union club International honours Change of code When Leeds converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Charles Fernandes would have been 38 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league football player for Leeds.
Charles Fernandes won caps for England while at Leeds in 1891 against Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. In the early years of rugby football the goal was to score goals, and a try had zero value, but it provided the opportunity to try at goal, and convert the try to a goal with an unopposed kick at the goal posts. The point values of both the try and goal have varied over time, and in the early years football players could "score" a try, without scoring any points.
