| Full name | David Nelson Penney | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 4, 1970 St. John's, NL, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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David Nelson Penney (born June 4, 1970) is a Canadian former rugby union international. [1]
Penney, born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was a prop who was capped in seven Tests for Canada during the 1990s. [2] He featured on the 1996 tour of Australia and was an unused member of the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. [3]
Educated at Oxford University, Penney competed for Blackheath and Henley while in England, in addition to representing Oxford University RFC. He played a match for Oxford University against the touring South Africa "A" team in 1996. [4]