Birth name | Stuart Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 September 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Davies (born 2 September 1965)[1] is a former Wales international rugby union player.
Davies was born in Swansea. A back row forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC and attained 17 caps for Wales. He played 243 games for Swansea scoring 84 tries.
A neck injury sustained in the 1998 Five Nations Championship match against France forced Davies to end his career as a rugby player.[2]
Following his retirement, Davies has appeared as a rugby commentator and summariser for BBC and also worked for Gwalia Housing Association. In February 2015, Davies was appointed as chief executive of the Newport Gwent Dragons regional rugby team.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Stuart Davies player profile Scrum.com
- ^ "Scrum V people – Stuart Davies". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Stuart Davies appointed chief executive of Dragons". South Wales Evening Post. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015.