Steve Fenwick

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Steve Fenwick
Birth nameSteven Paul Fenwick
Date of birth (1951-07-23) 23 July 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Caerphilly, Wales
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
SchoolCaerphilly Grammar Technical School
Borough Road College
Rugby league career
Position(s) Back
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1981-1984 Cardiff City Blue Dragons 85 (480)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1981-82 Wales [1] 2 (10)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Taffs Well RFC ()
1971-73 Beddau RFC ()
1973-81 Bridgend RFC ()
Barbarian F.C. ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1975-81 Wales 30 (152)
1977 British Lions [2] [3] [4] 4 (0)

Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951 [5] ) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, as a centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, [3] [4] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4. [1] [6]

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Background

Steve Fenwick was born in Caerphilly, Wales.

Rugby union career

Fenwick played rugby as a schoolboy for Caerphilly Grammar Technical School, and later joined Taffs Well RFC. In 1971 he switched to Beddau where he played 51 games before moving on the first class team Bridgend. While at Bridgend Fenwick earned all of his 30 international caps for Wales, making his début against France in 1975, in which he scored a try after only five minutes, and finished the game with a personal tally of 9 points. [3] [4] He was a member of the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, in which he played in all four Tests. [2] On this tour he played 9 provencial games and 4 tests and scored 2 Tries, 1 con and 3 pens. He also captained Wales in the Centenary game against the All Blacks in 1980. He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22. [7]

Rugby league career

In August 1981 Fenwick switched from rugby union to professional rugby league, signing to the Cardiff City Blue Dragons. He scored 18 tries, 212 goals and 2 field goals during his Cardiff career. He made his début for Cardiff against Salford scoring four goals in the match. Fenwick went on to win two caps with the Wales national rugby league team between 1981 and 1982 scoring five goals. [1]

Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend, and were renamed Bridgend Blue Dragons.

Personal history

A former teacher, he set up in business with a former Wales and Lions player Tommy David, another player who had turned to league.

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