Christopher David Dicomidis (born 14 September 1985) is a

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 it ...

player for

Pontypridd RFC Pontypridd Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. They compete in the Indigo Group Premiership, which they won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015, and ...

in the

Principality Premiership The Welsh Premier Division, () known for sponsorship reasons as the Indigo Group Premiership, (''Uwch Gynghrair grŵp indigo'') is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) for the 1990–91 season. Compe ...

, and for the Cyprus national team. Born in Pencoed, Dicomidis progressed through the junior teams of Pencoed RFC, before joining the junior side of Cardiff RFC – Cardiff Junior Blue & Blacks before it disbanded at Under 15's level and moved to

Old Penarthians RFC Old Penarthians Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Penarth, Wales. The Old Penarthians were formed out of an association set up on 7 December 1923 by Penarth County School. The society formed was the Penarth County School ...

. He then joined

Tondu RFC Tondu Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Aberkenfig, South Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Championship and are a feeder club for the Ospreys. During the early 1990s Tondu RFC dominated the Glamor ...

as a fullback. Dicomidis and was capped by

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at FIRA under 19 level, as a

Lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock ...

, and also figured in the Celtic Warriors academy. Studying sports and leisure management at UWIC, Dicomidis represented the university team in the first division during the 2004–05 season, making a number of appearances on permit for

in the league and cup. Further international honours followed with Wales Universities. At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Dicomidis was drafted into the Pontypridd senior squad. A good run of form was rewarded with a call up to the Wales under 21 squad, for whom he won caps during the Six Nations campaign and the age group World Cup tournament in France. Dicomidis was voted joint recipient of the "Most Improved Player of the Year" award for 2006 by the Pontypridd Supporters' Club. Dicomidis, who plays at Lock, Flanker or Number 8 was handed the captaincy of the Pontypridd team at the beginning of the 2010/11 season and captained the club to win the Welsh cup in 2010-2011 (the season Pontypridd also finished as runaway league winners but lost out in the play off final to Llanelli RFC), the league in 2011-2012 (also leading the team to the final of the Swalec cup competition) and to the club's first league and cup double in 2012–13. Dicomidis was also a member of the squad that successfully achieved the double-double by winning the cup and league double for a second season in a row in 2013–14. On 27 November 2013 Cardiff Blues announced the signing of Dicomidis on a long-term deal. Dicomidis said "I'm excited about the opportunity to become part of the Blues squad and taking my chance at professional rugby". Chris Dicomidis is a top level coach at ccyd who over the last 2 years has had a massive 3 wins to his senior squad of fantastic talent with the likes of cian thacker, connor berry, tom painter(vc), luke lockyer (c), scott hunter, tom boobyer, rhys cawley.

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Pontypridd RFC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dicomidis, Chris 1985 births Living people Pontypridd RFC players Cypriot rugby union players Cyprus international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Tondu RFC players Rugby union players from Bridgend County Borough Welsh people of Greek Cypriot descent Rugby union locks