Corey Baldwin (born 13 October 1998) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for

Llandovery RFC Llandovery RFC () is a Welsh rugby union club based in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The club is an inaugural member of the Welsh Rugby Union, currently play in the Super Rygbi Cymru and is a feeder club for the Scarlets, a Pro14 club. L ...

as a winger/centre. Baldwin has previously played for

Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c ...

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an England, English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played i ...

, and

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Professional career

Baldwin made his senior debut in 2016 for

Llandovery Llandovery (; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on the River Tywi and at the junction of the A40 road, A40 and A483 road, A483 roads, about north-east of Carmarthen, north of Swansea and w ...

against

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as a replacement. Just a month later, he made his debut for the

, scoring a try in the

Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

game against the Newport Gwent Dragons. In 2017, Baldwin was named in the Wales U20 squad for the first time. Much like his Scarlets debut, Baldwin scored in his first game for the Wales U20s, which was a 65-34 victory over Scotland U20 On 2 March 2020, Baldwin joined

in the English

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby ...

competition from the 2020–21 season. On 3 August 2021, Baldwin returned to his old region

in the

United Rugby Championship The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in ...

ahead of the 2021–22 season. Baldwin departed the Scarlets at the end of the 2022–23 season. He later signed for the

. Baldwin made his debut on 21 October 2023, scoring a try as the Dragons lost to

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

. Baldwin was released by the Dragons at the end of the season. Following a year out of rugby, Baldwin rejoined Llandovery for the 2025–26 Super Rygbi Cymru season.

References

External links

Scarlets profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Corey 1998 births Living people English people of Welsh descent English rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union players from Surrey Scarlets players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Exeter Chiefs players Rugby union centres Rugby union wings Dragons RFC players