Jarrod Evans (born 25 July 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a
fly-half
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...
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 ...
. He has also represented Wales and Wales U20s.
Club career
Evans played youth rugby for Pontyclun RFC, and made his debut for Pontypridd RFC at age 17.
Evans made his debut for Cardiff in 2015, having previously played for their academy.
In 2018, Evans won the
2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup
The 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup was the fourth European Rugby Champions Cup championship (23rd overall), the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby and was the twenty-third season of pan ...
with Cardiff, scoring 13 points in the final against Gloucester.
On 29 January 2022, Evans kicked a last minute long range penalty against Leinster, propelling Cardiff to their first win over the Irish team since 2011.
International career
In October 2018, Evans was called up to the senior
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
squad for the Autumn internationals.
Evans made his debut for Wales coming off the bench for the final few minutes against Scotland in 2018 for the opening game of their November series.
References
External links
Cardiff Rugby Player ProfileWales Player Profile
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Rugby union players from Pontypridd
Welsh rugby union players
Wales international rugby union players
Cardiff Rugby players
Living people
1996 births
Rugby union fly-halves