Dave Scully

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Dave Scully
Rugby union career
Full name	David Scully
Date of birth	7 August 1965
Place of birth	Doncaster, England
Height	5ft 8
Weight	12stone
Current status
Position(s)	Scrum Half
current team	Wheatley Hills RUFC
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Wakefield Rotherham Otley Doncaster Sheffield Tigers
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
1993	England		1993 Sevens World Cup

David Scully is an English rugby union player who was part of the England 7's squad that won the 1993 Sevens world cup in which he won the ‘moment of the tournament' for a crunching tackle on Fijian Mesake Rasari.

Playing career

Dave Scully started his career at his local club of Wheatley Hills before joining Wakefield RFC in 1986. It was at Wakefield that he came to prominence, playing for Yorkshire, North of England (captaining them against the All Blacks in 1993), Barbarians, England B and England 7's. However, he never played for the full England side.

He left Wakefield in 1998 to join Rotherham before moving onto Otley, then Doncaster and Sheffield Tigers. His current club is Wheatley Hills.

He has made over 350 league appearances ^[1] and is in a small group of players to score 100 league tries.^[2]

Occupation

He is a full time fire fighter.

References

v t e England squad - 1993 Rugby Sevens World Cup Winners (1st title)

Players	Adebayo Beal Cassell Dallaglio Dawson Harriman (c) Hopley Rodber Sheasby Scully Dods (from Reserve pool)

Management	Rossborough (manager) Cusworth (coach)

Persondata
Name	Scully, Dave
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	7 August 1965
Place of birth	Doncaster, England
Date of death
Place of death

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