Profile

Castleford born, David Treasure came to Oldham from Bradford in November 1973, having played for “Northern” in the Challenge Cup final earlier the same year, when he came on as a substitute in their defeat by Featherstone.

At this time the club was recruiting in an effort to consolidate in the first division with Bill McCraken and Brian Gregory signed at about the same time. David proved to be the most enduring of these captures, making a good impression in his first two games for the club, which saw Oldham defeat, first Wigan and then St Helens, both matches at Watersheddings. The latter was a single point victory (12 – 11) in which he scored a try and dropped a goal.

As speedy a stand off half as ever played for the club, David qualified through parentage to play for Wales and was selected to represent them in the 1975 World Cup in Australia. The first of five Welsh appearances saw him score a try in the 12 – 7 defeat of England in Brisbane on June 10th, 1975.