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A record 33 Welsh Olympians represented Team GB at Paris 2024 - the largest Welsh contingent at an Olympics. And those Welsh Olympians bagged a record 13-medal haul, including three golds, three ...
In November 2008, Shane Williams and Ryan Jones became the first Welsh players to be nominated in a group of five players for the World Rugby Player of the Year award, first awarded in 2001. Shane Williams was duly selected as the 2008 World Rugby Player of the Year. [37] Leigh Halfpenny was nominated in 2013 and Alun Wyn Jones in 2015.
See List of Wales national rugby union team records; and List of Wales national rugby union players for a sortable list containing player caps and tries. Neil Jenkins was the first rugby player to surpass 1000 Test points. He holds several Welsh records, including the most points scored for Wales with 1049, the most successful penalty kicks for ...
Owing to his continued good form, Dyer continued his involvement with the national side, and was named in the Welsh squad for the 2023 Six Nations Championship. [14] Dyer started the first two matches against Ireland and Scotland, but was dropped for the match against England, following Louis Rees-Zammit returning to fitness.
On 27 November 2022 he was again named player of the match, scoring Leicester's fourth try in the win over London Irish. [11] In June, Reffell started the 2022 Premiership Rugby final as Leicester won 15-12 against Saracens. [12] Reffell scored the winning try as Leicester beat Exeter Chiefs on the opening day of the 2024-25 Premiership Rugby ...
A Wales age grades international, Biggar was selected for the Wales national rugby union team for the 2008 Autumn Internationals series, making his debut at the age of 19 against Canada on 18 November. On 18 January 2010, Biggar was named in the 35-man Wales national squad for the 2010 Six Nations tournament. [9]
As of 2021, she is listed in her Welsh Rugby Union biography as 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and her weight is 70 kg (150 lb). [1] Butchers plays as either flanker or back-rower in rugby union. [1] [5] Outside of rugby, she has worked for the Actif Sport and Leisure as a Sports Mentor and later as an Active Young People Officer full-time since she was 18 ...
Shane Mark Williams, MBE (born 26 February 1977) is a Welsh former rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion. [1]