Seb Davies

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Seb Davies
Birth nameSeb Davies
Date of birth (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
SchoolMelin Gruffydd primary school and Glantaf secondary school
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Blindside Flanker
Current team Cardiff Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014- Cardiff Rugby 102 (35)
Correct as of 7 June 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015-2016
2017
Wales U20
Wales
 
16
 
(0)
Correct as of 28 November 2020

Seb Davies (born 17 May 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Rugby as a lock and can also play flanker. He is an ex-Wales under-20 international and full Welsh international.

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Davies grew up in the Whitchurch area of Cardiff attending Melin Gruffydd primary school and Glantaf secondary school. Seb played Mini and Juniors rugby at Pentyrch RFC [1] He proceeded to Coleg y Cymoedd after leaving Glantaf.[ citation needed ]

Davies made his debut for Cardiff in 2014 having previously played for their academy team, Pontypridd RFC and Cardiff RFC.[ citation needed ]

International

In May 2017 Davies was selected for the Wales national team summer 2017 tour of Samoa and Tonga, making his test debut in the first test against Tonga. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Seb Davies puts pen to paper on new deal". 4 March 2020.
  2. Griffiths in Wales squad
  3. "Tonga v Wales".