David 'Dai' Rees (born 23 September 1964) is a Welsh former rugby union player. He attained four caps for the Wales B side, and was also a National Squad member in 1986. Rees played club rugby for

Abercarn RFC Abercarn Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Abercarn near the city of Newport. They currently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 3 having been relegated in two consecutive seasons; from Division 3 East in 2007 and Div ...

, the South Glamorgan Institute, Swansea RFC,

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and

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. He later became player/coach at Cross Keys RFC and Head Coach after a knee injury forced his retirement. Rees was Assistant Coach to the Wales U21 side for the 2006–07 season was appointed Head Coach of the

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team in October 2005. In May 2006, Rees was appointed as Head Coach to the newly created Wales U20 side, whilst continuing in his role as Wales Sevens Head Coach and assistant coach to the

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. He was Head Coach with

but gave up this role at the end of the 2005–2006 season to concentrate on his Dragons coaching duties. In July 2007 Rees relinquished his role of U20 Coach, to Patrick Horgan and was confirmed as the Wales Sevens Head Coach. In October 2008 Rees accepted

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's offer to become new head coach of the Hong Kong national sides. On 23 April 2013, Dai Rees received the Coaching Excellence Award and Best Team Sport Coach Award at the Hong Kong Bank Foundation Coaching Awards Presentation.

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1964 births Living people Cross Keys RFC players Newport RFC players Rugby union players from Abercarn Swansea RFC players Welsh rugby union coaches Welsh rugby union players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub