He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington, as a forward.

[3][5][6] Frank Shugars was born in Pontypridd, Wales, and he died aged 77 in Warrington, Lancashire, England.

Frank Shugars won five caps for Wales (RL) while at Warrington between 1909 and 1912, all of them against England.

[7] Frank Shugars played as a forward in Warrington's 6–0 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1905 Challenge Cup Final during the 1904–05 season at Headingley, Leeds on 29 April 1905, in front of a crowd of 19,638,[8] and played as a forward in the 17–3 victory over Oldham in the 1906–07 Challenge Cup Final during the 1906–07 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford on Saturday Saturday 27 April 1907, in front of a crowd of 18,500.

Frank Shugars is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.