James Davies (rugby union)
Date of birth | 25 October 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101.6 kg (16 st; 224 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Jonathan Davies (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Davies (born 25 October 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Scarlets as a flanker. He has also represented Wales Sevens and was part of the Great Britain squad that played in the Rugby Sevens tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Davies made his debut for the Scarlets in 2014 making 23 appearances in his debut season, 16 in the Pro12, scoring four tries and winning four man of the match awards.[2]
His brother is Jonathan Davies, who also plays professional rugby union as a centre for Scarlets and Wales. His nickname is "Cubby", in reference to his brother's nickname, "Fox"; this refers to the Fox & Hounds pub their parents ran in Bancyfelin, the village where they grew up.[3]
In January 2018 he was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2018 Six Nations Championship. He made his test debut on the 11th of March against Italy.[4]
References
- ^ "Olympic Sevens shows why James Davies MUST get a chance to influence Wales' evolving faster, looser game-plan". WalesOnline. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/teams/first-team-Players.php?PlayId=98390
- ^ Corrigan, James (2018-03-09). "Fan favourite James 'Cubby Boi' Davies primed for long-awaited Wales debut". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- ^ "Six Nations 2018: Wales name James Davies and Josh Adams in squad". BBC. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
External links
- James Davies at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Profile at scarlets.co.uk
- Welsh rugby union players
- Scarlets players
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Great Britain
- Great Britain national rugby sevens team players
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Welsh rugby sevens players
- Rugby union players from Carmarthen
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Wales
- Welsh rugby union biography stubs