Robin McBryde

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Robin Currie McBryde (born 3 July 1970 in Bangor), is a former rugby union player who gained 37 rugby union caps for Wales as a hooker between 1994 and 2005.

McBryde (height 6'0" / 1.83 m, weight 15st 7lb / 98 kg) first played club rugby with Porthaethwy (Menai Bridge), then for Yr Wyddgrug (Mold) and for the North Wales team. He then moved to South Wales in search of a higher standard of rugby. He joined Swansea then moved to Llanelli, making his first appearance for the club on 1 October 1994 against Cardiff. He captained Llanelli when they won the Welsh Cup in 1998 and the Welsh Championship in 1999 and later played for the Llanelli Scarlets regional side when they were formed in 2003. He played 250 games for Llanelli and the Scarlets between 1994 and 2005.

He won his first cap for Wales against Fiji in 1994. His last international appearance was as a replacement in the match against Ireland in March 2005 which saw Wales clinch the Grand Slam.

He was selected for the British and Irish Lions 2001 tour to Australia, but was forced out of the tour by injury. Injury also meant that he missed the 2003 Six Nations Championship.

In August 2005 he announced his retirement from rugby following surgery to remove a disc from the top of his spine. He was appointed coach of the Scarlets Regional Under 18 team, and has recently been appointed forwards coach for the Welsh national team.

McBryde worked as an overhead linesman before becoming a professional player, and won the "Wales' strongest man" competition in 1992.