Adam Beard

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Adam Beard
Birth nameAdam Beard
Date of birth (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 26)
Place of birthSwansea, Wales
Height205 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Weight116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb)
SchoolNeath Port Talbot College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Ospreys
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Aberavon RFC ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Ospreys 66 (0)
Correct as of 9 August 202
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2016 Wales U20 15 (0)
2017– Wales 30 (0)
2021 British & Irish Lions 1 (0)
Correct as of 10 February 2022

Adam Beard (born 7 January 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player currently playing for United Rugby Championship side Ospreys as a Lock. A Wales international, Beard has also been selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions.

Club career[]

Beard made his debut for the Ospreys in 2012 having previously played for their academy team, Aberavon RFC and Birchgrove RFC.

International[]

Wales[]

In May 2017 Beard was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017[1] He made his debut for Wales against Samoa in Apia on the 2017 summer tour, coming on as a replacement, and then made his first start in the home victory over Georgia five months later. His 6 Nations debut came in the win over France in Paris in 2019 – his ninth straight win in a Wales shirt. He went on to start in four of the Grand Slam matches in the 2019 championships, and come on as a replacement in the other, as he extended his unbeaten run in a Welsh shirt to 11 matches up to 1 August, 2019.

British and Irish Lions[]

Beard was called into the British & Irish Lions squad for the 2021 tour to South Africa. This followed the temporary withdrawal of tour captain Alun Wyn Jones following a shoulder injury.[2] On July 7th, Beard made his Lions debut in the Provincial game against the Sharks.[3] Beard would go on to make his Lions test debut in the third test against the Springboks.

Personal life[]

Beard is in a relationship with Chelsea Lewis, the Wales netball international. [4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Wales squad June 2017
  2. ^ "Beard & Navidi called into Lions squad and Murray replaces Jones as Tour captain".
  3. ^ "Beard makes Lions debut | Ospreys".
  4. ^ "Wales lock Adam Beard's World Cup: A lucky escape, surgery and overeating". www.bbc.co.uk. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Welsh netball international Chelsea Lewis has announced her pregnancy with rugby player boyfriend Adam Beard". www.newschain.uk. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

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