Birth name | Shane Lewis-Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 September 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tylorstown, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shane Lewis-Hughes (born 20 September 1997) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Rugby as a flanker or lock. He is a Wales under-20 international. [1] [2]
Lewis-Hughes made his debut for Cardiff in 2017 having come through the organisation's academy featuring for both Pontypridd RFC and Cardiff RFC.
Lewis-Hughes was named in the Wales squad for the first time for the uncapped international versus the Barbarians on 30 November 2019. [3] He was also named in the Wales squad for the game against Scotland on 31 October 2020 in Wales' final delayed 2020 Six Nations match. He made his debut in the number 6 shirt.
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