Will Harries

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Will Harries
Birth nameWilliam Thomas Morgan Harries
Date of birth (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
School Millfield School
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–2009
2008–2009
2009–2014
2014–2019		 Northampton
→ Bedford
Dragons
Ealing 		6
24
97
56		 (5)
(60)
(105)
(115)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2012 Wales 3 (0)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2008–2015 Wales 7s

Will Harries (born 30 March 1987) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. A wing or fullback, he played for the Northampton Saints, Bedford Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, and most recently Ealing Trailfinders.

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Professional career

Harries was educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff and Millfield, a school known for its rugby tradition. [1] Harries was part of the Northampton Saints Senior Academy, and made his first competitive appearance against Saracens on 18 November 2006. [2] He featured in the Premiership A league, and five fixtures in the following season, while the Saints were relegated to League 1. For the 2008–09 season, Harries was loaned to Bedford Blues to gain further experience. [3] Harries was released at the end of the season. [4]

In 2008, Harries was first selected for the Wales national rugby sevens team squad, appearing in the IRB Sevens. [5]

On 1 July 2009, it was announced that Harries would join the Newport Gwent Dragons. [6] He appeared in a LV Cup game against the Saracens for the Dragons in January 2010, in which he scored 2 tries and was named Man of the Match. [7] During his first season with the Dragons, Harries scored eight tries, including a hat trick against Edinburgh. [8]

In May 2010 he was added to the Wales national rugby union team standby list for the summer matches and subsequently called into the full squad due to injury to Shane Williams. [9] He made his international debut against New Zealand in Hamilton on 26 June 2010. [10]

Following on from his debut, Harries was named in the squad for the 2010 end-of-year rugby union internationals. On 6 November 2010 he made his first international start, against Australia. [11] This was his only appearance of the autumn, Wales opting to give George North his international debut the following week. Harries was not selected in the squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship. [12] At the end of the season, Harries suffered a substantial knee injury, ruling him out of remainder of the season, as well as the 2011 Rugby World Cup. [13]

Harries returned to the Welsh squad in May 2012, and came off the bench in a capped match against the Barbarians. [14] Harries did not travel with the squad to Australia, and this was to be his last cap for Wales.

He left Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2013–14 season and was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as they fell just short of a semi finals appearance. [15]

After finishing the Commonwealth Games, Harries joined Championship team Ealing Trailfinders, where he spent five seasons. [16] In 2019, he retired from professional rugby and alongside work, joined semi professional Chinnor RFC. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Crazy' year delights new Wales wing Will Harries". Western Mail. 6 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Northampton Saints vs Saracens - Summary - Premiership Rugby 2007 - 18 Nov, 2006 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Live, Coventry (28 August 2008). "Cov and co all set for action". CoventryLive. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Saints release four more players". BBC Sport. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Baber targets strong finish to IRB Sevens". ESPN.com. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Harries re-inforces Dragons backline". Welsh Rugby Union | Club & Community. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Dragon News : HARRIES AND SMITH LEAD DRAGONS TO VICTORY". www.dragonsrugby.wales. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Dragons 49-28 Edinburgh". 18 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Wales Squad
  10. ↑ "New Zealand 29-10 Wales". 26 June 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Wales select Warburton at flanker". 4 November 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Wales Six Nations 2011 Squad - Williams, Henson out, Peel back in". Rugby World. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "NG Dragons suffer Harries blow". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Wales 30-21 Barbarians". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Wales reflect on 'heart-break' loss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Harries set to make Ealing Trailfinders debut". ealingtrailfinders.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "RUGBY UNION: Chinnor sign former Wales international Will Harries". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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