Levi Davis (rugby union)

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Levi Davis
Born(1998-03-12)12 March 1998
Birmingham, England
Disappeared29 October 2022 (aged 24)
Barcelona, Spain
Status Missing for 1 year, 3 months and 22 days
Nationality British
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2020 Bath 8 (20)
2020 → Ealing Trailfinders (loan) 3 (5)
2020– Ealing Trailfinders 0 (0)
Correct as of 20 June 2021

Levi Simeon Davis [1] (born 12 March 1998; disappeared 29 October 2022) is an English rugby union player who played as a winger. He is currently missing; at the time of his disappearance, he was a player with Worthing Raiders in the National League 2 South. He is suspected to have drowned.

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Professional career

Davis made his debut for Bath in 2017. [2] He made his first appearance for Bath in Premiership Rugby in October 2019 against the Bristol Bears. [3] In January 2020, Davis joined Ealing Trailfinders on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 RFU Championship, making three appearances before the season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] In August 2020, having departed Bath, he joined Ealing on a permanent transfer signing a two-year deal. [5]

Levi joined Worthing Raiders in the autumn of 2021 making his debut in the away fixture at Henley Hawks. He scored his first try in a 28–26 defeat at home to Hinckley a week later.

Personal life

Davis took part in The X Factor: Celebrity in late 2019, as part of the group Try Star, along with fellow rugby union players, Thom Evans and Ben Foden. They placed fifth in the competition. [6] [7]

In September 2020, Davis came out as bisexual. This made him the first professional rugby union player to come out as bisexual while still playing. [8]

He released his debut single, "With Me", under the name LEDA on 14 September 2022. [9]

In November 2022, Davis was reported missing after his former rugby club issued an appeal for information on his whereabouts, with him last being seen at a pub in Barcelona, Spain on 29 October. [10] His passport was located at a Barcelona port in November 2022. [11] He is suspected to have drowned in the sea near the city's commercial port, as a person matching his description was found drowning around the time of his disappearance. The attempt to rescue the person failed and the body was not recovered. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rugby player Levi Davis missing as Bath Rugby issue urgent appeal for information". Wales Online . 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Levi Davis". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Premiership: Relive Bristol's big win against Bath". BBC Sport. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bath Rugby winger Levi Davis heads out on loan to Championship club". Somerset Live. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Levi Davis signs for Ealing Trailfinders". Ealing Trailfinders. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ↑ West, Amy (30 September 2019). "Love Island stars and more sign up for Celebrity X Factor". Digital Spy. United Kingdom. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "The X Factor: Celebrity voting results revealed!". The X Factor: Celebrity. itv.com. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Celebrity X Factor and rugby star Levi Davis comes out as bisexual after battling 'sense of shame' for years". Metro. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Ellery, David Brown | Ben. "Levi Davis: Missing rugby player posted OnlyFans photos before disappearance". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Levi Davis: Former Bath rugby and X factor star missing in Spain". BBC News . 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. ↑ Stonehouse, Rachel (1 December 2022). "Levi Davis: Missing rugby star's family frustrated by search". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Levi Davis: British rugby player who went missing in Barcelona last year is feared to have drowned". Sky News. Retrieved 20 April 2023.


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