Kristian Dacey
| Birth name | Kristian Dacey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bishop Hedley High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristian Dacey (born 25 July 1989) is a Welsh rugby union player. A hooker, he plays club rugby for the Cardiff Rugby having started his rugby playing with Merthyr RFC before honing his skills at Pontypridd RFC. That chant “Dacey, score a try. Dacey, Dacey, score a try” can often be heard from the terraces at the Cardiff Arms Park in recognition of the hookers excellent strike rate.
On 20 January 2015, Dacey was named in the 34-man Wales squad for the 2015 Six Nations Championship[1]
Dacey made his full international debut for Wales versus Ireland on 8 August 2015 as a second-half replacement.
Dacey was called up as cover for the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Wales name 34-man Six Nations squad". WRU. 20 January 2015.
- ^ "BRITISH & IRISH LIONS CALL-UPS". lionsrugby.com. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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- People educated at Bishop Hedley High School
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