Ray Giles

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Ray Giles
Birth nameRaymond Giles
Date of birth (1961-01-15) 15 January 1961 (age 64)
Place of birth Kenfig Hill, Wales
Height5,6
School Cynffig Comprehensive School
Occupation(s)Steel worker [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Kenfig Hill RFC ()
1980-1987 Aberavon RFC 352 (396)
1987-1989 Cardiff RFC 58 (36)
1989-1991 Aberavon RFC 5 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1983-1987 Wales 3 (0)

Raymond Giles (born 15 January 1961) is a former Welsh and Aberavon RFC [2] and Cardiff RFC [3] rugby union player.

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Career

He started his club career playing Kenfig Hill RFC until 1983, when he moved to Aberavon RFC, for whom he scored 11 points. Between 1987 and 1989 he played for Cardiff RFC, with 58 appearances and scoring 36 points, before returning to Aberavon in 1989 until ending his career in the 1991-92 season. Giles' first cap for Wales was during a match against Romania, in Bucharest, on 12 November 1983. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Welsh squad, where he played only the match against Canada in Invercargill, which was his last match for Wales. [4]

Currently, Giles is a patron for Prostate Cymru, a Welsh organisation to raise prostate cancer awareness. [1] [5]

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