Gary William Rees (Born
Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...
, ) is a former English rugby union player. He played as a flanker.
Rees played his entire career at
Nottingham R.F.C., from 1977/78 to 1993/94.
Gary Rees Biography at Sporting Heroes
/ref> He then started an assistant coach career at the same team.
He had 23 caps for England
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, from 1984 to 1991, scoring 2 tries, 8 points in aggregate. He played in four Five Nations Championship
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competitions, in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup
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, playing in four games, and the
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ...
, playing in a single game, that would be the last from his international career, aged 31 years old.
References
External links
Gary Rees at Sporting Heroes Website
1960 births
Living people
English rugby union players
English rugby union coaches
England international rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union players from Derbyshire
People from Long Eaton
1987 Rugby World Cup players
1991 Rugby World Cup players
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