Marcel Garvey (born 21 April 1983) is an

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former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents. He went to

St Peter's High School, Gloucester St Peter's High School and Sixth Form Centre is a Roman Catholic Academy (English school), academy school and Sixth form, sixth form centre, on Stroud Road in the Tuffley area of Gloucester, England. The head teacher is Kevin McDermott. The main ...

, the same school as former Gloucester teammate

Ryan Lamb Ryan Lamb (born 18 May 1986 in Gloucester) is a former rugby union player who plays at fly-half. Club career A former pupil of St Peter's High School, he made his professional debut in the European Challenge Cup quarter final against Brive ...

. Garvey started his career at

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where he made a staggering start to life with a hat-trick of tries against

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. Whilst at Gloucester he started and scored a try in the 2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...

. Garvey signed a two-year deal with

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top division of domestic ...

in May 2006 and played at Sixways for six seasons, including one season (2010–2011) spent in the

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. In 2012 Garvey moved to Castres Olympique in the South of

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and remained with the club until retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 2014–2015 season. The winger represented England A and England U21, being an integral part of the U21 World Cup team in 2004. He was also a member of the

England Sevens The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently i ...

set-up and played for the

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. He is former athlete

Fiona May Fiona May Iapichino (born 12 December 1969 in Slough, England) is a retired track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals. Her perso ...

's cousin. After retiring from rugby, Garvey began a new career in information technology.

References

External links

Worcester Warriors Profile
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Warriors.co.uk

Guinness Premiership Profile
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GuinnessPremiership.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvey, Marcel 1983 births Living people Castres Olympique players English rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Gloucester Rugby players People educated at St Peter's High School, Gloucester Rugby union players from Gloucester Worcester Warriors players Rugby union wings