Rhys Patchell
| Birth name | Rhys Patchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Llandough, Penarth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rhys Patchell (born 17 May 1993) is a Wales international rugby union player. A fly-half, he plays for Scarlets having previously played for Cardiff Blues.
Early life[]
Educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd and at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf. Patchell speaks Welsh,[1] and is an ambassador for the government-supported "Tafwyl" Welsh-language festival.[2]
Club career[]
Patchell graduated from the Blues Academy into the full regional side at an early age in 2012 and went on to score more than 600 points in a five-year stint at the Arms Park that saw him make 83 appearances. He scored 174 points in the 2015/16 season to top the Guinness PRO12 charts.
Patchell joined the Scarlets in 2016 and it proved to be a shrewd move as he ended his first season as the leading points scorer in the Guinness PRO12 once again with 145 and picked up a winners' medal after helping the west Walians to beat Munster in the final at the Aviva Stadium.
International career[]
In January 2013 Patchell was selected for the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six Nations Championship.[3] In May 2013 he was selected for the Wales national rugby union team squad for the summer 2013 tour to Japan. He made his international debut against Japan on 8 June 2013,[4] and played again in the reverse fixture the following week. Patchell had to wait three years before he won his next cap, and made his first start, after being called out to New Zealand as a replacement for the 2016 summer tour. He came on as a replacement in the midweek game against the Chiefs and started at full-back in the last two Tests with the All Blacks.
Patchell moved into his favoured No 10 shirt for the first two games of the 2018 Six Nations campaign, a home win over Scotland on his tournament debut and an away defeat to England, before dropping to the bench for the win over Italy. He was back at No 10 for the two wins over Argentina on the 2018 summer tour, scoring 30 points in the two games, and then notched his first international try in the home win over Tonga in November, 2018.[5]
International tries[]
| Try | Opponent | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tonga |
Cardiff, Wales | Millennium Stadium | 2018 Autumn Internationals | 17 November 2018 | Win |
| 2 |  Ireland |
Cardiff, Wales | Millennium Stadium | 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches | 31 August 2019 | Loss |
References[]
- ^ BBC Cymru - Tîm y Cymry Cymraeg
- ^ "Tafwyl 2014 expands with support from Welsh Stars". Retrieved 22 September 2015
- ^ Wales Under 20 Squad
- ^ Wales debut
- ^ [1]
External links[]
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Cardiff Rugby players
- Rugby union players from Penarth
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Welsh-language broadcasters
- Scarlets players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Welsh rugby union biography stubs