Kirby Myhill

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Kirby Myhill
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Birth nameKirby Myhill
Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Burry Port, Wales
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb; 227 lb)
School Glan-y-Mor, Coleg Sir Gâr
Notable relative(s) Mark Perego (uncle), Torin Myhill (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Miami Sharks
Youth career
Burry Port RFC
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2016 Llanelli RFC 54 (21)
2010–2016 Scarlets 65 (15)
2016–2023 Cardiff Rugby 98 (20)
2023– Miami Sharks 7 (5)
Correct as of 14 November 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2012 Wales U20 16 (5)
2021 Wales 1 (0)
Correct as of 6 November 2022

Kirby Myhill (born 5 February 1992) is a Welsh rugby union rugby player, who plays at hooker for the Miami Sharks in the MLR. Myhill begin his career with the Scarlets academy, and represented the team for six seasons before joining Cardiff Rugby. He is also a Wales and Wales Under-20 international. [1]

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Club career

Myhill attended Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School and Coleg Sir Gâr, where he played for their rugby team, as well as with the Burry Port RFC youth side. [2] Myhill was part of the Scarlets academy, and made a positional change from back row to hooker while playing at U18 level. [2]

Myhill made his Scarlets debut in 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 26–15 defeat to Leinster. His first start came later that year, in a 35–12 loss to Munster. So far in his career, Myhill has had to settle for a back-up role in the Scarlets squad, being behind the likes of Matthew Rees, Ken Owens and Emyr Phillips in the pecking order. Although he signed a contract extension with the Scarlets in April 2015, [3] it was confirmed in April 2016 that Myhill, in the search for more first-team rugby, [4] would move to the Cardiff Blues for the 2016–17 season. [5] Early in the season, he suffered a knee injury that ruled him out for a couple of weeks. [6] He signed a new contract with the Blues in June 2018, [7] another in May 2019, [8] and another in September 2020. [9]

Myhill was released at the end of the 2022–23 United Rugby Championship season. [10]

Myhill later joined Major League Rugby expansion team Miami Sharks, joining fellow Welsh international Rob Evans. [11]

International career

Previously involved with Wales U16 and Wales U18, Myhill represented Wales U20 and was named captain of the side for the 2012 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [1] [2]

Following injuries to other hookers in the squad, Myhill was surprisingly called up by Wales for their test against New Zealand in October 2021. He made his debut off the bench on 30 October 2021. [12]

Personal life

Myhill is the nephew of former Wales international rugby union flanker Mark Perego and brother of former Scarlets hooker Torin Myhill. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Myhill Wales Under 20 captain
  2. 1 2 3 "Future Faces - Joe Launchbury and Kirby Myhill". Rugby World. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pro12: Hooker Kirby Myhill signs fresh Scarlets deal". BBC Sport. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cardfiff Blues: Kirby Myhill has 'no hard feelings' over Scarlets departure". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Scarlets George Earle and Kirby Myhill to join Cardiff Blues". BBC Sport. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kirby Myhill: Cardiff Blues hooker sidelined by knee injury". BBC Sport. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cardiff Blues agree new deals with Kirby Myhill, Matthew Rees, George Earle, James Down and Dan Fish". Sky Sports. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Five front row forwards sign new Cardiff Blues deals". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cardiff Blues: Seven players agree new deals". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ↑ Davies, Mathew (27 April 2023). "Sixteen players leave Cardiff as raft of Wales stars gone in mass exit". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ex-Wales pair Evans and Myhill join Miami Sharks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Kirby Myhill, the unexpected Wales debutant who's the nephew of one of Welsh rugby's great cult heroes". Wales Online. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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