Stuart Davies

For other people of the same name, see Stuart Davis.
Stuart Davies
Full name Stuart Davies
Date of birth (1965-09-02) 2 September 1965
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height 5ft 11ins
Weight 170 lbs
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position No. 8
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Swansea RFC
Barbarian F.C.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
19921998 Wales 17 (9)

Stuart Davies (born 2 September 1965)[1] is a former Wales international rugby union player.

Davies was born in Swansea. A back row forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC and attained 17 caps for Wales.

A neck injury sustained in the 1998 Five Nations Championship match against France forced Davies to end his career as a rugby player.[2]

Following his retirement, Davies has appearead as a rugby commentator and summariser for BBC and also worked for Gwalia Housing Association. In February 2015, Davies was appointed as chief executive of the Newport Gwent Dragons regional rugby team.[3]

Notes

  1. Stuart Davies player profile Scrum.com
  2. "Scrum V people - Stuart Davies". BBC Sport Online.
  3. "Stuart Davies appointed chief executive of Dragons". South Wales Evening Post. 2015-02-02. Archived from the original on 2015-07-31.


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