Cory Allen (born 11 February 1993) is a retired Welsh international rugby union player. A centre or wing, he played for

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...

and the

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. Allen joined the Dragons in 2021, but did not feature for the side.

Club career

At age 18, Allen made his professional debut for

in October 2011, starting against Newcastle Falcons in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Allen was named man of the match on 20 April 2014, as Cardiff beat the Scarlets 17–13 at the Millennium Stadium in the annual Judgement Day match. Allen joined the Ospreys in 2017, after six years with Cardiff. While with the Ospreys, Allen suffered a serious knee injury in September 2019, and did not feature for the club again prior to his release in 2021. In 2021, Allen joined Dragons RFC. Soon after joining, he suffered a further setback on his injury recovery. Allen never featured for the Dragons, announcing his retirement on 29 December 2022.

International career

Allen started for Wales U20 against New Zealand U20 on 8 June 2012, Wales defeating them 9–6 to earn their first win at this age group. He was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for 2012-13 In January 2013 he was selected in the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six Nations Championship. He made his full international debut versus Argentina on 16 Nov 2013. He suffered a shoulder injury during the match, sidelining him for the remainder of the tournament. This injury ultimately ruled him out of the

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. Allen scored a hat-trick of tries in Wales first game of the

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, a 54–9 win against Uruguay at the

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on 20 September. Allen was named man of the match, but suffered a hamstring injury which ruled him out for the remainder of the tournament. Allen again scored a hat-trick of tries for Wales in a match against RGC 1404, in the warm-up for 2017 summer tour of Tonga and Samoa. Allen was named in the Wales squad for the

2017 Wales rugby union tour of Tonga and Samoa In 2017, the Wales national rugby union team's summer tour saw them play test matches against Tonga on 16 June and Samoa on 23 June. The match against Tonga was played in Auckland, New Zealand, due to concerns over the state of Teufaiva Sport Stadi ...

, coming off the bench against Tonga, and starting on the wing against Samoa.

International tries

Personal life

Allen comes from a sporting family: his mother Julie represented Wales in basketball and appeared in the Commonwealth Games, brother Ashton has also represented Wales in basketball, and his younger brother Mason Grady has followed in his footsteps, playing for

Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...

as a centre.

References

External links

Cardiff Blues profile
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