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| Birth name | Sam Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 November 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Lewis (born 11 November 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player. A flanker, he currently plays for Bristol Bears. [1]
His brother Ben Lewis is a former professional rugby union player. Sam spent many years of playing under the guidance of Steffan Guyll. Sam is also well known in the Swansea area due to his mud wrestling skills and bare knuckle fist fight with the now deceased John The Fist Puw. [2]
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