Corey Domachowski (born 11 September 1996) is a Welsh professional
rugby union
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player who plays as a
prop
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for
United Rugby Championship
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club
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
and the
Wales national team.
Club career
Domachowski made his debut for Cardiff in 2017 having previously played for the academy team. The Church Village-born loosehead prop represented Wales at under-20 level, and featured 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 ...
as a replacement in Challenge Cup quarter final defeat to Gloucester in 2017.
International career
On 1 May 2023,
Warren Gatland
Warren David Gatland (born 17 September 1963) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player who is currently in his second spell as the head coach of the Wales national team.
As head coach of Wales from 2007 to 2019, he won four Six N ...
selected him in
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 ...
' 54 player training squad for the
Rugby World Cup 2023
The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the cou ...
.
Domachowski made his debut on 5 August 2023, starting for Wales in the first test of their
2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
In 2023, some rugby union national teams will play matches in preparation for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which act as a stand-in for the usual mid-year international tests. Some of the matches involving Tier 1 and 2 nations are being played under th ...
, in a win against
England
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References
External links
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Cardiff Blues profile
1996 births
Living people
Cardiff Rugby players
Rugby union players from Church Village
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union props
Wales international rugby union players
2023 Rugby World Cup players
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