Gareth Llewellyn

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Gareth Llewellyn
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1969-02-27) February 27, 1969
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School	Bryntirion Comprehensive School
Notable relative(s)	Glyn Llewellyn (brother)
Playing career
Position	Lock, Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1988-1996 1996-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-2008 2008-2009	Llanharan Neath Harlequins Neath Ospreys Swansea Narbonne Bristol Tonmawr	116 100 60 6 2 22 52	(24) (20) (10) (0) (5) (0) (15)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1989–2004	Wales	92	(24)
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2008-2009 2009-	Tonmawr (Defence) Thornbury
Rugby union career

Gareth Llewellyn was born (27 February 1969) in the former St. David's Hospital, Cardiff while his father was serving in Cardiff with the Army. He is a Wales international rugby union player who gained a record 92 caps for Wales as a lock. His record for Wales caps has since been surpassed by Gareth Thomas, Colin Charvis, Martyn Williams and Stephen Jones but Llewellyn remains Wales' most capped lock-forward. His brother, Glyn Llewellyn, also played international rugby union for Wales.

Rugby career

Llewellyn started his playing career at Llanharan RFC and then moved on to play first class rugby at Neath, Harlequins, Ospreys and Narbonne, and signed for Bristol Shoguns at the beginning of the 2005–06 season.

After excelling in the line-out for Neath in their match against the touring New Zealand All Blacks on 25 October 1989, he made his debut for Wales ten days later against the same opposition and went on to win a total of 92 caps, breaking the record of 87 held by Neil Jenkins in the test against Argentina on 12 June 2004.

He captained Wales on 7 occasions and appeared in three Rugby World Cups – 1995, 1999 and 2003. Indeed, such was his longevity that he achieved the notable feat of playing international rugby in three different decades and under eight different coaches. Following Wales' Grand Slam in the 2004–05 season, he announced his retirement from international rugby.

Llewellyn's longevity, and in particular his continued presence as a top-tier player over a period of nearly twenty years has earned him the nickname "The Master" amongst supporters. This reflects his status as an elder statesman amongst Welsh second rows.

From the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Llewellyn combined playing with a coaching role at Welsh First Division club Tonmawr.^[1] Since the 2009–10 season he is head coach at South West One West side Thornbury RFC working alongside Bristol's Darren Crompton and Rob Higgitt formerly of Bristol Rugby, the Scarlets and Worcester RFC.

References

↑ Llewellyn takes on Tonmawr task BBC Sport, 4 August 2008

v t e Wales squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett J. Davies S. Davies R. Evans Griffiths Humphreys G. Jenkins John D. Jones Lewis Llewellyn Prosser Roy Taylor

Backs	Clement A. Davies Wyn Evans I. Evans Ford Hall N. Jenkins R. Jones Moore Proctor G. Thomas J. Thomas

Coach	Alex Evans

v t e Wales squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Charvis Evans Humphreys Jenkins A. Lewis G. Lewis G. Llewellyn Moore C. Quinnell S. Quinnell Rogers Sinkinson Voyle Williams Wyatt Young

Backs	Bateman Davies Gibbs Howarth Howley James Jenkins Jones Jones-Hughes D. Llewellyn Morgan Taylor Thomas Walne

Coach	Henry

v t e Wales squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett Charvis (c) Cockbain Davies Jenkins Jones, A. Jones, Dafydd Jones, Duncan Llewellyn McBryde Popham Sidoli Thomas, I. Thomas, J. Williams, M. Wyatt

Backs	Cooper Evans Harris Jones, M. Jones, S. Morgan Parker Peel Shanklin Sweeney Taylor Thomas Williams, R. Williams, S.

Coach	Hansen

Persondata
Name	Llewellyn, Gareth
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union player
Date of birth	27 February 1969
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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