Date of birth | 3 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Hannah Wells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Wells (born 3 May 1993) is an Australian people Rugby Union player who currently plays as a loose forward for the North Harbour Rays in the National Rugby Championship. [1] As of the 2016 Super Rugby season, he is also a member of the Waratahs extended playing squad. In 2024, he played he played for the Force. [2]
Wells was an Australian schoolboys representative in 2011 and was also a member of the Australia under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France. Since 2014, he has also turned out for the Australia Sevens side, debuting for them at the Gold Coast sevens in his homeland. [3]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2016 | Brumbies | 7 | 2 | 5 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Waratahs | 15 | 11 | 4 | 863 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Waratahs | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1304 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Waratahs | 11 | 10 | 1 | 773 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Rebels | 6 | 3 | 3 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 AU | Rebels | 7 | 6 | 1 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 AU | Rebels | 8 | 8 | 0 | 640 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2021 TT | Rebels | 5 | 5 | 0 | 400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Rebels | 13 | 13 | 0 | 955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 90 | 76 | 14 | 5,963 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
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