Birth name | Nic Cudd | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Nic Cudd (born 12 October 1988) is a rugby union flanker. He previously played for the Dragons, Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets.
Cudd joined the Scarlets Academy in 2004, when he was 16 years old. In the summer of 2010, Cudd signed a development contract with the Scarlets to be a full-time member of their squad. In September 2012 Cudd joined the Dragons [1] He was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2019–20 season. [2]
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