Eifion Lewis-Roberts

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Eifion Lewis-Roberts
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Lewis-Roberts playing for Sale Sharks in 2013
BornEifion Lewis-Roberts
(1981-02-13) 13 February 1981 (age 44)
St Asaph, Wales
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight132 kg (20 st 11 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2011 Sale Sharks 100 (25)
2011–2012 Toulon 34 (10)
2012–2017 Sale Sharks 110 (15)
Correct as of 6 June 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 Wales 1 (0)
Correct as of 15 August 2016

Eifion Lewis-Roberts (born 13 February 1981 in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales) is a retired Welsh international rugby union player. A prop, Roberts played for Sale Sharks and Toulon, and earned one cap for Wales.

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Professional career

From St Asaph, Robert’s played for Ruthin RFC before joining Sale in 2005. [2]

Roberts was selected by Wales for the 2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, earning his first and only cap on 14 November against Canada. Roberts is a fluent Welsh speaker. [3]

Lewis-Roberts was selected for the 2009 Wales rugby union tour of North America, but forced to withdraw due to injury. [4] He was omitted from the squad for the 2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals, to focus on fitness targets. [5]

On 18 January 2010 he was named in the 35-man Wales national Squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship. [6]

Despite interest from clubs in the Celtic League and the French Top 14, Lewis-Roberts signed a three-year contract with Sale Sharks in March 2010. In September the same year, early in the season, Lewis-Roberts suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a match against Harlequins. As Lewis-Robert required re-constructive surgery on his knee, he was expected to miss most of the season. [7] He signed for French Top 14 outfit Toulon in 2011 reuniting with Philippe Saint-Andre his former coach at Sale. [8] At the end of the 2011–12 season he returned to Sale Sharks as part of a deal which saw Andrew Sheridan go in the other direction to Toulon. [9] While in France, he was falsely accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, with the investigation clearing him on all charges. [10]

Lewis-Roberts retired from rugby in September 2017 after suffering a knee injury. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks - Eifion Lewis-Roberts profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sale Sharks re-sign Toulon prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts". BBC Sport. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  3. ↑ BBC Cymru - Tîm y Cymry Cymraeg
  4. ↑ "James replaces Roberts for Wales - Guinness Men's Six Nations". www.sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wales coach Warren Gatland reassures dropped Eifion Lewis Roberts". North Wales Live. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Wales 2010 Six Nations Squad
  7. ↑ Sale prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts may be out for season, BBC Sport, 21 September 2010, retrieved 21 September 2010
  8. ↑ Wales' Lewis-Roberts joins Toulon, BBC Sport, 27 February 2011, retrieved 9 August 2011
  9. ↑ Sale Sharks re-sign Toulon prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts, BBC Sport, 2 February 2012, retrieved 24 February 2013
  10. ↑ "Eifion Lewis-Roberts: Sale prop innocent of drug offence". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Eifion Lewis-Roberts: Sale Sharks prop retires following knee injury". BBC. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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