Birth name | Ryan Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Edwards (born 22 September 1990) is an English rugby union player who recently played for Cardiff Blues on loan from the Bristol Bears as a wing. [1]
Edwards made his debut for the Cardiff Blues regional team in 2017 having previously played for the Bristol Bears and the University of West England.
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