 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 2001 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Bath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archie Griffin (born 24 July 2001) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a tighthead prop for Premiership Rugby club Bath. Born in Australia, he represents Wales at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. [2] [3]
Griffin was born in Sydney, Australia but is Welsh-qualified through his parents. He joined the Bath Rugby academy at 13 years-old having also lived in Singapore until the previous year. He attended Cheam, in Berkshire and Marlborough College, in Wiltshire and signed his first professional contract with Bath in February 2019. [4] [5]
Having progressed through the Bath Rugby academy and playing for the University of Bath, Griffin made his senior debut for Bath against Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 26 November 2022. [6] In January 2024, he signed a new three-year contract with Bath. [7]
After playing for Bath in September 2024, he was taken ill and after medical consultation was diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of the protective sac around the heart. [8] After returning to action before the end of that year, he sustained a shoulder injury during Bath's 24-20 European Rugby Champions Cup defeat against La Rochelle on 10 December 2024, that and caused him to undergo surgery. [9]
Having previously represented Wales U18, [10] in January 2024, Griffin was included in the senior Wales squad for the 2024 Six Nations Championship. [11] He made his debut in February 2024, as a replacement in Wales 16-14 Six Nations defeat to England at Twickenham. [12]
Griffin was selected for the 2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan. [13] He came off the bench in the first test, and was selected to start in the second test. [14] [15] Griffin was named in the squad for the 2025 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [16] He came off the bench against Argentina [17] and New Zealand, [18] but was given the start against Japan. [19]
Although born in Melbourne, both of his parents are Welsh, with his mother born in Wrexham and his father from Cardiff. [20]