Owen Williams (born 2 October 1991) is a former

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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 its m ...

player. A centre, he played club rugby for

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regional team. Having previously been selected for the

Wales national rugby sevens team The Wales national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens and in the Commonwealth Games. Wales were the World Cup Sevens Champions after winning the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in the United Ara ...

, in May 2013 Williams was selected in the

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32-man training squad for the summer 2013 tour to Japan. He made his international debut against Japan on 8 June 2013 and maintained his place in the squad for Wales' Autumn internationals for 2013. While playing for the

in the 2014 World Club Tens, he suffered a significant injury to his spine and has been recovering in a hospital since. The injury left him paralysed from the chest down and needing to use a wheelchair.

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