Birth name | Samuel Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Davies (born 6 October 1993) is a Wales international rugby union player who plays for FC Grenoble
Davies made his debut for the Ospreys in 2012. He joined the Dragons for the 2019–20 season on a two-year deal. [1]
In April 2012, he was named in the Wales Under-20 squad for the Junior World Cup in South Africa. [2]
In January 2013, he was selected in the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six Nations Championship. [3]
In June 2013, Davies was named IRB Junior Player of the Year [4]
On 5 November 2016, he made his senior debut for Wales versus Australia as a second-half replacement.
On 19 November 2016, he was substituted on to kick a drop goal versus Japan for the win.
On 5 February 2017, Davies played as fly-half for the whole of the second half of Wales versus Italy on the first weekend of the 2017 Six Nations Championship. [5]
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