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Date of birth | 11 September 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Church Village, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Tonyrefail School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corey Domachowski (born 11 September 1996) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Cardiff and the Wales national team.
Domachowski made his debut for Cardiff in 2017 having previously played for the academy team. The Church Village-born loosehead prop represented Wales at under-20 level, and featured for Cardiff Rugby as a replacement in Challenge Cup quarter final defeat to Gloucester in 2017. [1]
On 1 May 2023, Warren Gatland selected him in Wales' 54 player training squad for the Rugby World Cup 2023. [2]
Domachowski made his debut on 5 August 2023, starting for Wales in the first test of their 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches, in a win against England [3]
Domachowski's great-grandfather, Stefan, escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp and eventually moved to Wales, settling in Pencoed and working as a miner. [4]
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