Liam Davies (born 10 May 1986) is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

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footballer. A scrum-half, Davies began his professional rugby career with the

Llanelli Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...

, and made his league debut for the Scarlets while still in the region's development squad, playing against

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 ...

on 14 September 2005. He made a further nine appearances in the 2005–06 season, scoring a try against

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

on 16 October 2005. In March 2006, Davies was promoted to the Scarlets' first team squad, signing on a professional development contract. Davies started the 2006–07 season as the Scarlets' third-choice scrum-half, behind

Dwayne Peel Dwayne John Peel (born 31 August 1981) is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team with 76 caps, until his record was surpassed by Mike Phillips on 16 March 2013. Yo ...

and Clive Stuart-Smith, and so was forced to wait until December to make his first appearance of the season. Again, he made a further nine appearances that season, scoring one try. With Dwayne Peel away at the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

, Davies started the 2007–08 season at the top of the Scarlets' scrum-half pecking order with Gavin Cattle. The two of them shared duties in the number 9 shirt for the first three months of the season, before Peel's return, but they soon got back into action when Peel joined up with the Wales squad for the

2008 Six Nations The 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, the 114th series of the international championship. Fifteen ...

. In June 2008, Davies signed for

Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 75 ...

on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 6 September 2008 in a 16–16 draw with

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administ ...

. On 21 June 2009, Davies signed a three-year contract with the

Ospreys The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

. In January 2010, Davies joined

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...

on loan. He was released by the Ospreys at the end of the 2009–10 season and joined French club

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. On 5 January 2012, he signed back for the Scarlets as cover because the Scarlets scrum-half

Tavis Knoyle Tavis Knoyle (born 2 June 1990 in Pontneddfechan, Vale of Neath, Wales) is a Wales international rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half. He is a fluent Welsh speaker. Club career After a youth career at home town club Glynneath RFC, he ...

injured his shoulder and would be out for at least three months. Davies was released by the Scarlets at the end of the 2011–12 season and in September 2012 joined

Newport Gwent Dragons Dragons RFC ( cy, Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They are owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport and at other grounds around the region. They play in ...

. In January 2013, Davies joined Cardiff Blues making him the second player to play for all four Welsh regions after

Tal Selley Taliesin Selley (born 20 April 1980) is a Welsh former rugby union footballer, who played either at centre or on the wing. After five seasons at the Llanelli Scarlets he signed a three-year deal with the Ospreys where he played in the histori ...

.Davies joins Cardiff Blues
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Liam 1986 births Living people Welsh rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Scarlets players CA Brive players Ospreys (rugby union) players London Welsh RFC players Dragons RFC players Cardiff Rugby players Expatriate rugby union players in France Rugby union players from Carmarthenshire People educated at Ysgol y Strade British expatriates in France Welsh expatriate rugby union players