Mark Davies (rugby player)
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Mark Davies is a former Wales International Rugby Union
player. A flanker, Davies began his rugby career at Newport High School Old Boys
before joining Swansea
.
He made his debut for the Wales
on 5 December 1981 versus Australia
and went on to attain 3 caps for Wales between 1981 and 1985.
Davies has been involved with the Wales national rugby union team in non-playing roles since 1991 and joined the Welsh Rugby Union
as a full-time member of staff in August, 1999.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. A flanker, Davies began his rugby career at Newport High School Old Boys
Newport HSOB RFC
Newport High School Old Boys are a Welsh rugby union club based in Caerleon on the northern outskirts of Newport in South Wales. They currently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Three and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons....
before joining Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
.
He made his debut for the Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
on 5 December 1981 versus Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
and went on to attain 3 caps for Wales between 1981 and 1985.
Davies has been involved with the Wales national rugby union team in non-playing roles since 1991 and joined the Welsh Rugby Union
Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...
as a full-time member of staff in August, 1999.