Keelan Giles

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Keelan Giles
Birth nameKeelan Giles
Date of birth (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)
School Gower College Swansea
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Ospreys
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Gorseinon ()
– Waunarlwydd ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–16 Swansea RFC 5 (30)
Correct as of 1 October 2016
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016– Ospreys 50 (100)
Correct as of 2 April 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 Wales U20 6 (25)
Correct as of 7 June 2016

Keelan Giles (born 29 January 1998) [1] is a Welsh rugby union player, who plays for the Ospreys as a winger. He is a Wales under-20 international and received a call up to the Welsh senior team for their 2016 tour of New Zealand. He made the final three in BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year 2016 along with Ellie Robinson and Amy Tinkler.

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Club career

Born in Swansea, he played his mini and junior rugby for Loughor RFC and then Waunarlwydd RFC, before he joined the Ospreys age-grade system, representing them at U16 and U18 level, as well as Swansea RFC. He undertook his education at Gower College Swansea. [2]

International career

A Wales under-20 international, Giles and received a call up to the Welsh senior team for their 2016 tour of New Zealand. He was called in to the senior squad for Wales' 2016 Autumn International Series to cover injuries. Despite being named as a replacement for Wales' match against Japan, he stayed on the bench and was not called on to play. In May 2017 he was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017. [3]

Giles was called up again for the 2024 tour to Australia. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Keelan Giles". Ospreys Rugby. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Who is Keelan Giles? Everything you need to know about the young wing summoned to New Zealand by Wales". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Wales squad June 2017
  4. ↑ "Wales call up Scarlets' James to summer squad". BBC. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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