Rhys Priestland is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 international rugby union

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 for Scarlets in the RaboDirect Pro12. His position of choice is as a Fly-half, however he occasionally plays at Full-back. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin, Carmarthen.

In January 2011 he was named in the Wales national rugby union team

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...

 squad for the 2011 Six Nations Championship

2011 Six Nations Championship

The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy,...

 and made his international debut 12 February 2011 in the 24-6 win against Scotland as a second-half replacement.

Rhys priestland is married to samantha O'connell.
He was picked on RTE's team of the Rugby World Cup 2011.

External links

• Scarlets profile
• Scarlets sign up six youngsters
• Scarlets snub for Louw and Bowen
• Wales profile