Rhys Shellard (born 25 June 1985) is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...

player for

Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Caerdydd) is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, shortly after ...

and

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 ...

in the

Celtic League The Celtic League is a pan-Celtic organisation, founded in 1961, that aims to promote modern Celtic identity and culture in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man – referred to as the Celtic nations; it places par ...

. He previously played with

Aberdare RFC Aberdare Rugby Union Football Club is a Wales, Welsh rugby union, Rugby Union club based in the town of Aberdare in South Wales. Aberdare RUFC play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two East Central and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues. Clu ...

and most notably,

Pontypridd RFC Pontypridd Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. They compete in the Indigo Group Premiership, which they won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015, and ...

. At The end of the 2007–08 season Shellard left the Blues. Shellard's position of choice is as a back-row forward. Rhys Shellard returned to Pontypridd for the 2012-2013 campaign. He was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for 2012-13Wales Sevens Squad
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Pontypridd RFC profileCardiff Blues profile
1985 births Living people Aberdare RFC players Cardiff Rugby players Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Wales Male rugby sevens players People educated at St John the Baptist School, Aberdare Pontypridd RFC players Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rugby union players from Aberdare Welsh rugby union players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub