Aaron Craig Shingler (born 7 August 1987) is a

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international

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player and former

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er. His usual rugby position is flanker.

Background

Born 7 August 1987, Shingler grew up in the west of Wales, attending Pontarddulais Comprehensive School and Gorseinon Tertiary College.

Cricket

Before turning to professional rugby, Shingler was a promising cricketer. He bats right-handed and is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Having played for the previous three seasons in the Second XI, Shingler signed to the senior Glamorgan team for the 2007 season. However, he was released from the club at the end of the season. He played once for the England Under-19s team in a Youth One-Day International against

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in 2005 and has also played for Wales Minor Counties in the MCCA Trophy.

Rugby

After being released by Glamorgan, Shingler signed for

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rugby union side

Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union club founded on 30 March 1872. The club's historic home ground was Stradey Park in Llanelli, but they moved in 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent Pember ...

. In April 2009, he was promoted to the

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regional side for their West Wales derby match against the Ospreys on 18 April. He then played in three of the Scarlets' four remaining fixtures, missing only the 45–8 away defeat by

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as he was playing for Llanelli in the 2009 WRU Challenge Cup final against Neath. He scored a solo 70-metre try, but it was not enough to prevent Neath from winning 27–21. Shingler missed much of the 2020–21 season, due to a career threatening blood infection called reactive arthritis. He returned to playing in March 2021.

International

In 2010, Shingler was selected for Wales'

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Sevens squad. In January 2012, Shingler was called into

' 35-man senior squad for the training camp in Poland prior to the

2012 Six Nations Championship The 2012 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2012 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 13th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship wa ...

. He made his full international debut for Wales against

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on 12 February 2012.

International tries

References

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at ECB.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Shingler, Aaron 1987 births Living people Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Wales Cricketers from Aldershot English people of Welsh descent Welsh rugby union players People educated at Pontarddulais Comprehensive School Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rugby union flankers Sportspeople from Aldershot Rugby union players from Aldershot Scarlets players Wales international rugby union players Wales National County cricketers Welsh cricketers 2019 Rugby World Cup players