 Beard representing Wales during the Six Nations Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Adam James Beard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 January 1996 Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Neath Port Talbot College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam James Beard (born 7 January 1996) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Montpellier and the Wales national team.
Beard made his debut for the Ospreys in 2012 having previously played for their academy team, Aberavon RFC and Birchgrove RFC.
On 2 July 2025, after 11 years playing for Ospreys, Beard would leave the Welsh region to sign for French team Montpellier on a three-year deal in the Top 14 from the 2025-26 season. [1]
In May 2017 Beard was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017 [2] He made his debut for Wales against Samoa in Apia on the 2017 summer tour, coming on as a replacement, and then made his first start in the home victory over Georgia five months later. His 6 Nations debut came in the win over France in Paris in 2019 – his ninth straight win in a Wales shirt. He went on to start in four of the Grand Slam matches in the 2019 championships, and come on as a replacement in the other, as he extended his unbeaten run in a Welsh shirt to 11 matches up to 1 August 2019.[ citation needed ]
Beard was called into the British & Irish Lions squad for the 2021 tour to South Africa. This followed the temporary withdrawal of tour captain Alun Wyn Jones following a shoulder injury. [3] On 7 July Beard made his Lions debut in the Provincial game against the Sharks. [4] Beard would go on to make his Lions test debut in the third test against the Springboks.[ citation needed ]
Beard is in a relationship with Chelsea Lewis, the Wales netball international. [5] [6]
