Rugby player
Birth name | Stuart Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1965-09-02) 2 September 1965 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Davies (born 2 September 1965) is a former Wales international rugby union player.
Davies was born in Swansea. A back row forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC and attained 17 caps for Wales. He played 243 games for Swansea scoring 84 tries.
A neck injury sustained in the 1998 Five Nations Championship match against France forced Davies to end his career as a rugby player.
Following his retirement, Davies has appeared as a rugby commentator and summariser for BBC and also worked for Gwalia Housing Association. In February 2015, Davies was appointed as chief executive of the Newport Gwent Dragons regional rugby team.
Notes
- Stuart Davies player profile Scrum.com
- "Scrum V people – Stuart Davies". BBC Sport.
- "Stuart Davies appointed chief executive of Dragons". South Wales Evening Post. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015.
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