John Yapp

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John Yapp

Personal information

Full name

John Yapp

Date of birth

9 April 1983

Place of birth

Cardiff, Wales

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

123 kg (19 st 5 lb)

School(s) attended

Cowbridge Comprehensive

Club information

Position(s)

Prop

Current club

Edinburgh

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
2003 ‐ 2012 -	Llantwit Major Pontypridd Cardiff RFC Tuggeranong Vikings Cardiff Blues Edinburgh	105 (10) 23 (0)

Representative teams**

2005 ‐

Wales

21 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 19 March 2011 (UTC).

John Yapp (born 9 April 1983) is a Welsh international rugby union player, currently with Edinburgh. He first played for Cardiff during the Christmas period in 2002. He made his first team debut against Ebbw Vale on Boxing Day at the age of 18 years. Despite his young age he had featured in 17 of a possible 19 games by the end of the season. He had also been called up to train with the Wales under-21 squad and seems certain to win honours with them in the next two seasons.

Yapp has represented Cardiff Youth and under-21s, winning cup and league medals and playing for Wales at under-19 level. Originally educated at Cowbridge Comprehensive School, he had first team experience with the Llantwit Major and Pontypridd clubs but is now a full-time Cardiff Blues squad member.

Yapp won his first cap for Wales as a substitute in the victory over England in the RBS 6 Nations in February 2005 during the teams Grand Slam winning season.

In the summer of 2008 Yapp had discussions with club coach Dai Young and national coach Warren Gatland about the possibility of switching from loose head to tight head prop. He then headed out to Australia to play for Tuggeranong Vikings during the Northern hemispheres off season in an effort to become familiar with his new role in the scrum, before returning to the Cardiff Blues for the start of their domestic season.^[1]

References

↑ Meeting with top coaches convinces Yapp to switch

External links

v t e London Irish squad

Forwards	Aulika Cowan Danaher Evans Fisher Gough Hagan Hala'ufia Halavatau Harris Low Mayhew Paice Parr Rouse Sinclair Skivington Stevens Treviranus Yapp

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Coach	Smith

Persondata
Name	Yapp, John
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union player
Date of birth	9 April 1983
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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