Huw Davies (rugby union)
Birth name | Geoffrey Huw Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 February 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Eastbourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5' 9" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Huw Davies, (born in Eastbourne, 18 February 1959) is an English rugby union player, who played as fly-half. He attended King Edwards VI College, Stourbridge, in the West Midlands. He played for Wasps RFC[1][2] and for England. As of 2017, he is Scarlets' strength conditioning coach after having been serving a similar role within his former club.[3]
Career[]
Davies had first test cap on 21 February 1981, during a match against Scotland, his last cap was against France, on 15 March 1986.[4] He was also called up for the 1987 Rugby World Cup England squad, but he did not play any match at the tournament.
Honours[]
- 21 caps (+ 5 non-test) for England
- Caps by year : 5 in 1981, 3 in 1982, 3 in 1983, 3 in 1984, 3 in 1985, 4 in 1986
- Disputed Five Nations Championships : 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
References[]
- ^ "Rugby Union: Davies makes the difference". The Independent. 1993-03-29. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Huw Davies". Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "The last England team to lose to Scotland at Twickenham in 1983 - what happened next?". The Telegraph. 2017-03-07. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "Geoffrey Huw Davies". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
External links[]
Categories:
- Rugby union fly-halves
- England international rugby union players
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Eastbourne
- Wasps RFC players
- Coventry R.F.C. players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- English rugby union biography stubs