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North Wales Rugby
North Wales Rugby (Welsh: Rygbi Gogledd Cymru) was a representative rugby union team representing Wales. They competed annually in the Welsh County Championship and represented the region against international touring teams including Tonga, Romania, Japan and Western Samoa. At age grade level they competed twice against the touring New Zealand under-21 side. The first notable player from North Wales was D.M.Johnston of the ship school HMS Conway on Anglesey, who toured South Africa in 1956 with Welsh Schoolboys. The tour party, who lost one game on the eight match tour, included Clive Rowlands who went on to gain senior Wales caps. In December 2009 at a Welsh Rugby Union press conference held at Ruthin Castle they were formally replaced by the new developmental regional rugby union team for north Wales RGC 1404. Partial list of games played against international opposition North Wales international players * Jake Ball * Dewi Bebb * Ian Buckett * Alex Cuthbert * Godfrey D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county of Denbighshire, and later the county of Clwyd in 1974, it has been the principal settlement of Wrexham County Borough since 1996. Wrexham has historically been one of the primary settlements of Wales. At the 2011 Census, it had an urban population of 61,603 as part of the wider Wrexham built-up area which made it Wales's fourth largest urban conurbation and the largest in north Wales. The city comprises the local government communities of Acton, Caia Park, Offa and Rhosddu. Wrexham's built-up area extends further into villages like Bradley, Brymbo, Brynteg, Gwersyllt, New Broughton, Pentre Broughton and Rhostyllen. Wrexham was likely founded prior to the 11th century and developed in the Middle Ages as a regional centre for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Moore (rugby Union)
Stephen John Moore (born 20 July 1972) is a former international rugby union player. Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, Moore moved to Wrexham in Wales aged seven. Following appearances for Wrexham RFC, Moore's first-class rugby career began when he was signed to play for Swansea RFC in 1991. Moore played for the club for six seasons, including their Heineken League championship winning seasons in 1991-92 and 1993–94 and their SWALEC Cup win in the 1994–95 season. His try for Swansea in their defeat against Cardiff in the 1996-97 SWALEC Cup final was the last first-class try to be scored at the National Stadium in Cardiff before its closure and demolition. Moore played his final game for Swansea in May 1997. He was included in the Wales national team for their tour of North America and made his début for against in July 1997. For the 1997–98 season, Moore moved to the Moseley RFC club. He played his first game at home for Wales against Romania which, due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Moore (rugby Union)
Andrew Paul Moore is a former Wales international rugby union player. A lock forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC, Bridgend RFC and Cardiff Blues and was in the Wales squad for the 1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou .... Moore captained Wales on two occasions in 2001, winning both matches. Playing career Moore played football as a goalkeeper and was capped at Under 18 level at football after 3 years with Crewe Alexander FC Youth Centre of Excellence and trails at Manchester United. He switched to rugby and gained caps at Under 18, Youth, Under 19, Under 21, Wales A and was capped at the age of 21 for Wales against South Africa in 1995 in Johannesburg. Moore signed professional contracts with Swansea RFC and the WRU in 1995, winning 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McCusker
Robert McCusker (born 10 December 1985) is a Welsh former rugby union player, who played across the back row. McCusker began his career with the Scarlets, and also played for London Irish and the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys before retiring. McCusker also played internationally for Wales national rugby union team, Wales. Club career Born in Wrexham, McCusker began his rugby career playing for Mold RFC in WRU Division Four North, before being picked up by the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC. He made his debut for the Scarlets in a match against the Exeter Chiefs on 18 August 2007. He was made club captain by the Scarlets for the 2012–13 season. Despite primarily being a flanker, McCusker often played at number 8 for the Scarlets. McCusker left the Scarlets at the start of the 2015–16, moving to London Irish, signing a one-year contract. After one season with London Irish, McCusker returned to Wales, signing for the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys as injury cover for Sam Underhill. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin McBryde
Robin Currie McBryde (born 3 July 1970), is a rugby union former player and coach. He gained 37 caps for Wales national rugby union team, Wales. He played hooker. Background McBryde was born in north Wales. He is a fluent Welsh language, Welsh speaker. McBryde worked as an overhead linesman before becoming a professional rugby player. Rugby playing career McBryde first played club rugby for Bangor RFC, Menai Bridge, Porthaethwy and for the North Wales team. He then moved to South Wales in search of a higher standard of rugby. He joined Swansea RFC, Swansea then moved to Llanelli RFC, Llanelli, making his first appearance for the club on 1 October 1994 against Cardiff RFC, Cardiff. He captained Llanelli when they won the Welsh Cup in 1998 and the Welsh Championship in 1999 and later played for the Scarlets, Llanelli Scarlets regional side when they were formed in 2003. He played 250 games for Llanelli and the Scarlets between 1994 and 2005. He won his first cap for Wales agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James King (rugby Union, Born 1990)
James King (born 24 July 1990) is a former Welsh rugby union player. A flanker or lock forward, he played for the Ospreys regional rugby side and the Welsh national side, having previously played for Aberavon. In January 2012 King suffered a lacerated ear injury in a collision with Xavier Rush of the Cardiff Blues and had to undergo emergency plastic surgery at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. In January 2013 he was selected in the 35-man Wales squad for the 2013 Six Nations championship. He made his international debut against Japan on 8 June 2013 and would go on to win 11 caps for the national side, including at the 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl .... He was forced to retire from professional rugby in January 2021 aged just 30, after failing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gray (rugby Coach)
Anthony John "Tony" Gray (born 14 June 1942 in Stoke-on-Trent), Scrum.com is a former Wales international player and former Head Coach of the . A flanker, he played his club rugby for Newbridge and London Welsh
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Arthur Emyr
Arthur Emyr Jones (born 27 July 1962), usually known as Arthur Emyr, is a former Wales rugby union international. A winger, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC where he remains the club's all-time record try-scorer and also for Cardiff RFC. He also gained a Senior Wales Athletics vest. He also played for David Hughes Rugby First XV, Menai Bridge Rugby Club and Aberystwyth University. Emyr was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. He attained 13 caps for Wales scoring 4 tries between 1989 and 1991. He was the 1990 Welsh Player of the Year. He was selected for the Wales squad for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. After retiring from playing he developed a successful media career, initially as a television sports presenter then as Head of Sport at BBC Wales between 1994 and 2001, before joining the Welsh Government The Welsh Government ( cy, Llywodraeth Cymru) is the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and Minister (government), deputy ministers, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Darbishire
Godfrey Darbishire (26 September 1853 – 29 October 1889) Scrum.com was an English-born who represented Bangor at club level and played international rugby for , gaining one cap in the country's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Cuthbert
Alex Cuthbert (born 5 April 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player. Born in Gloucester, he plays on the wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. Early life Born in Gloucester, Cuthbert went to Newent Community School. He gained a diploma at Hartpury College before studying at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Playing career Cuthbert first played rugby during his years studying at Newent Community School playing club rugby for Hucclecote RFC and Westbury-on-Severn RFC. He later moved to Hartpury College where he was a member of Hartpury College R.F.C., coached by Allan Lewis in a team that included Jonny May on the opposite wing. He then moved to study at UWIC, where he played for both the college and Cardiff RFC. Cuthbert came to wider attention in 2011 with the Cardiff Blues. As an attacking threat he underlined his credentials during the region's Heineken Cup campaign - scoring a brace as they secured a quarter-final berth with victory over Racing Metro. Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Buckett
Ian Martin Buckett (born 23 December 1967 near Holywell in Flintshire) is a former international rugby union front row forward who played for Swansea and London Welsh and played county rugby for North Wales. He was a championship winning player, an international and an academic. He was a member of the 1992 Oxford University team and attained three full caps for Wales. He was selected for more televised rugby football games from 1992 to 1995 than any other UK player. Early International career Having scored in his Wales Students debut against England in the inaugural Student World Cup in Biarritz, Southern France in 1988 he would go on to earn selection for the Wales under-21 team both for a warm up game in Aldershot and internationally against Scotland. He had made his reputation after some bustling performances for North Wales representative sides including against New Zealand under-21. He was twenty one years old when he first lined up against the All Blacks in 1989. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
