Nigel Davies

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Nigel Davies
Personal information
Full name	Nigel Gareth Davies
Date of birth	March 29 1965 ( 1965-03-29) (age 43)
Place of birth	Trimsaran, Wales
Height	1.85M
Weight	91kg
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Centre
Clubs
	Llanelli RFC

National team(s)		Caps	(points)
1987-1997	Wales	29	(23)

Coaching career
2007 2008-	Wales Llanelli Scarlets

Nigel Davies is a former Wales international rugby union player, who played his club rugby at Llanelli RFC.

Nigel Davies was born in Waun y Clun, Trimsaran and as a youth player played for local rugby union club Trimsaran RFC. In his final year of playing for the youth team he was invited by Llanelli RFC to play for them in a friendly match, from which he impressed enough to be selected by the club.^[1] Davies played 498 games for Llanelli including nine WRU Challenge Cup finals.

Davies was appointed assistant coach to the Wales national team under Gareth Jenkins and was appointed caretaker Head Coach following the departure of Jenkins after the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Nigel Davies was announced as the head coach of Llanelli Scarlets on May 14, 2008 following the sacking of Phil Davies in April 2008.^[2]