Alex Jeffries

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Alex Jeffries
Birth nameAlex Jeffries
Date of birth (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight123 kg (19 st 5 lb)
School West Monmouth School
Coleg Gwent
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–2013 Newport 70 (35)
2013–2015 Bedwas 2 (0)
2014 Cross Keys 5 (0)
2014–2016 Dragons 0 (0)
2016–2019 Ospreys 17 (10)
2016–2018 Aberavon 26 (35)
2018–2019 Swansea 14 (5)
2019–2023 Scarlets 6 (5)
2019–2023 Llanelli 17 (15)
2022 Carmarthen Quins 1 (0)
2022 → Saracens (loan) 1 (0)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Wales U18
2015 Wales U20 2 (0)

Alex Jeffries (born 27 April 1995) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a prop. [1] [2] He retired from rugby due to a neck injury in April 2023.

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Career

Club

Jeffries has played senior rugby in the Welsh Premier Division for Newport RFC, Bedwas and Cross Keys and was part of the Newport Gwent Dragons squad. He was also part of the Newport Gwent Dragons academy.

Jeffries signed for Ospreys in 2016 and made his first team debut on 25 January 2018 alongside Cai Evans. [3]

He moved to the Scarlets ahead of the 2019–20 season, arriving on the same day as lock Danny Drake and scrum-half Dane Blacker. [4] After rugby was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he made his debut in February 2021, coming off the bench in a win over Edinburgh. [5] His first start came in a 52–32 loss to the Dragons in the Pro14 Rainbow Cup that April. [6] He scored the Scarlets' only try in the next match, a 22–6 win over the Ospreys on 8 May. [7] He started the 2021–22 season playing for Llanelli RFC, before being allowed to move on loan to Saracens in February 2022, where he would provide cover for the injured Marco Riccioni and Alec Clarey. [8] Early in the 2022–23 season, he suffered a neck injury playing for Llanelli, and in April 2023, he retired from rugby on medical advice. [9]

International

Jeffries was part of the Wales U18 squad that competed in the 2013 FIRA-AER tournament in Grenoble, France. He scored two tries in the final game against Georgia U18. [10]

Jeffries was part of the Wales U20 squad that competed in the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alex Jefferies Stats". It's Rugby.
  2. ↑ "Alex Jeffries Stats". Statbunker.
  3. ↑ "The gifted son of a Wales rugby legend who starts a senior game for the first time this weekend". Wales Online. 25 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Scarlets strengthen squad with signing of three players". Scarlets Regional. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Duncan, Thomas (27 February 2021). "Pro14: Edinburgh 25-27 Scarlets - visitors take grip of Champions Cup race". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pro14 Rainbow Cup: Dragons score seven tries in 52-32 win over Scarlets". BBC Sport. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pro14 Rainbow Cup: Scarlets 22-6 Ospreys". BBC Sport. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Alex Jeffries: Saracens sign Scarlets prop on 'short-term' loan". BBC Sport. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Alex Jeffries: Scarlets prop forced to retire by neck injury". BBC Sport. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Thumbs up for Wales U18". WRU. 2 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "U20 Six Nations: Tyler Morgan included in Wales' 32-man squad". BBC Sport. 16 January 2015.
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