Ceiron Thomas (born 23 October 1983) is a Welsh former

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footballer who played for the

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, and St Ives RFC. His regular position was at

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, though he often played at fullback. Thomas began his rugby career with the

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-based Scarlets, and made his debut for the region in 2003 when he played in a friendly against the Slovenia national team. Llanelli won the game 95–0, scoring 14 tries, with Thomas

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eleven of them. He also scored one

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, bringing his points total for the game to 25. In the 2003–04 season, Thomas made five appearances for Llanelli, including three in the 2003-04 Celtic League. However, Thomas did not play for the regional side again until April 2005, almost 18 months after his last appearance. He made three more appearances in the 2004–05 season, before falling out of favour and not making another appearance until April 2006. Again, he only made two more appearances in the 2005–06 season but managed to hold down a place in the side for the 2006–07 Magners League, sharing duties at fullback with

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and Morgan Stoddart. He made 25 appearances that season, and scored 110 points. Thomas began the 2007–08 Magners League as the Scarlets' starting fly-half, while regular number 10 Stephen Jones was on

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duty at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in

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, but lost the berth to rival fly-half

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before Jones' return. In the 2008–09 Magners League, Thomas spent much of his time on the bench, playing second-fiddle to Jones and Priestland at fly-half, and the majority of his playing time was spent in other positions, including two starts on the

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in December 2008. Thomas only made six appearances for the Scarlets in 2009, resulting in a transfer to

in June 2009.

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Scarlets profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Ceiron 1983 births Rugby union players from Swansea Living people Welsh rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Scarlets players Leeds Tykes players Cornish Pirates players People educated at Ysgol y Strade