John Davies (born 1 February 1969) is a former Welshrugby unionprop. He spent much of his professional career playing for Llanelli RFC, and subsequently the Llanelli Scarlets regional side, where he now works as an academy coach. Davies also made 34 appearances for the Wales national team, scoring two tries.
Davies made his international debut for Wales on 16 February 1991, in a match against Ireland during the Five Nations. The match, which was played in Cardiff, resulted in a 21–21 draw. He was capped again that year against France, and once the following season.
He was included in Wales' squad for the Five Nations of 1993, mostly as an unused bench replacement, but came on in the final game against France. He was also capped against Zimbabwe, in which Davies scored a try. He was also capped against Canada and Japan that year.
He was capped over 10 times for Wales in 1994, including all the matches in the Five Nations. The following season he played in the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, though Wales did not make the quarter-finals, he played in all three pool matches. In 1996 he was capped nine times for Wales, including a match against the Barbarian F.C. He played matches against Zimbabwe and the Springboks in 1998.
On 18 February 1995, he became the first player in Five Nations rugby to receive a red card when French referee Didier Mené dismissed him for kicking Ben Clarke at Cardiff during a match against England.[1]
In 2003, Davies was named as one of four senior props in the inaugural squad of the newly founded Llanelli Scarlets regional side.[2] He missed just one game during the 2003–04 season, starting all but five, with Jon Thiel preferred for five of the last seven games. He also played in all but one of the Scarlets' games the following season, six of them off the bench, as Thiel was preferred for the first three matches of the season and Dave Hewett started the games against the Borders, the Ospreys and the Dragons in December and January.
The 2005–06 season saw the Scarlets struggle with injuries at the prop position; Davies was the only tighthead prop available following an injury to Ricky Davies in a pre-season friendly against Worcester Warriors.[3] Despite being involved in a car crash in the week leading up to the opening game of the season, Davies played the full 80 minutes against Edinburgh Gunners.[4] New Zealander Craig Dunlea was signed to alleviate the injury crisis in December 2005,[5] but Davies still played in all but two matches between the start of the season and 21 January, including all three Anglo-Welsh Cup pool matches and all six Heineken Cup pool matches. After that, he started just five more matches, but two of those were the Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-final and final.
In May 2006, Davies signed a one-year contract extension with the Scarlets,[6] but at the age of 37, he started just six times during the season, with Dunlea and newly signed prop Deacon Manu[7] preferred for the majority of games. On 6 April 2007, Davies became the second player to make 100 appearances for the Llanelli Scarlets – following Adam Jones, who had reached the milestone earlier in the season – when he started their 53–11 win at home to Border Reivers.[8] Davies retired from professional rugby at the end of the season, playing his final game on the last day of the season in a 19–10 home win over Connacht.[9]
Davies made a brief return to first-team rugby when he played for Crymych RFC in September 2018 at the age of 49.[10]
Referencesedit
^Griffiths, John. "Rugby Union On This Day: February". ESPN Enterprises.
^"Wales' regional teams". BBC Sport. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Scarlets in hunt for tight-head". BBC Sport. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Scarlets 15-21 Edinburgh Gunners". BBC Sport. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Scarlets recruit Kiwi prop Dunlea". BBC Sport. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Prop Davies up for another year". BBC Sport. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Scarlets secure Maori prop Manu". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Davies has a night to remember at Stradey". Wales Online. Media Wales. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^"Scarlets 19-10 Connacht". BBC Sport. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^Woolford, Anthony (23 September 2018). "Former Wales prop makes incredible return to league rugby just a few months short of his 50th birthday". Wales Online. Media Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
External linksedit
John Davies on sporting-heroes.net
John Davies on ercrugby.com
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WalesHeight6 ft 1 8 m Weight17 st 110 kg SchoolYsgol y PreseliRugby union careerPosition s PropAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Crymych Youth Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points Neath Richmond78 1999 2008Llanelli40 5 2003 2007Llanelli Scarlets119 2018 2019Crymych International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1991 1998Wales34 5 Playing career editDavies made his international debut for Wales on 16 February 1991 in a match against Ireland during the Five Nations The match which was played in Cardiff resulted in a 21 21 draw He was capped again that year against France and once the following season He was included in Wales squad for the Five Nations of 1993 mostly as an unused bench replacement but came on in the final game against France He was also capped against Zimbabwe in which Davies scored a try He was also capped against Canada and Japan that year He was capped over 10 times for Wales in 1994 including all the matches in the Five Nations The following season he played in the 1995 World Cup in South Africa though Wales did not make the quarter finals he played in all three pool matches In 1996 he was capped nine times for Wales including a match against the Barbarian F C He played matches against Zimbabwe and the Springboks in 1998 On 18 February 1995 he became the first player in Five Nations rugby to receive a red card when French referee Didier Mene dismissed him for kicking Ben Clarke at Cardiff during a match against England 1 In 2003 Davies was named as one of four senior props in the inaugural squad of the newly founded Llanelli Scarlets regional side 2 He missed just one game during the 2003 04 season starting all but five with Jon Thiel preferred for five of the last seven games He also played in all but one of the Scarlets games the following season six of them off the bench as Thiel was preferred for the first three matches of the season and Dave Hewett started the games against the Borders the Ospreys and the Dragons in December and January The 2005 06 season saw the Scarlets struggle with injuries at the prop position Davies was the only tighthead prop available following an injury to Ricky Davies in a pre season friendly against Worcester Warriors 3 Despite being involved in a car crash in the week leading up to the opening game of the season Davies played the full 80 minutes against Edinburgh Gunners 4 New Zealander Craig Dunlea was signed to alleviate the injury crisis in December 2005 5 but Davies still played in all but two matches between the start of the season and 21 January including all three Anglo Welsh Cup pool matches and all six Heineken Cup pool matches After that he started just five more matches but two of those were the Anglo Welsh Cup semi final and final In May 2006 Davies signed a one year contract extension with the Scarlets 6 but at the age of 37 he started just six times during the season with Dunlea and newly signed prop Deacon Manu 7 preferred for the majority of games On 6 April 2007 Davies became the second player to make 100 appearances for the Llanelli Scarlets following Adam Jones who had reached the milestone earlier in the season when he started their 53 11 win at home to Border Reivers 8 Davies retired from professional rugby at the end of the season playing his final game on the last day of the season in a 19 10 home win over Connacht 9 Davies made a brief return to first team rugby when he played for Crymych RFC in September 2018 at the age of 49 10 References edit Griffiths John Rugby Union On This Day February ESPN Enterprises Wales regional teams BBC Sport 28 July 2003 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Scarlets in hunt for tight head BBC Sport 23 August 2005 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Scarlets 15 21 Edinburgh Gunners BBC Sport 2 September 2005 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Scarlets recruit Kiwi prop Dunlea BBC Sport 20 December 2005 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Prop Davies up for another year BBC Sport 5 May 2006 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Scarlets secure Maori prop Manu BBC Sport 3 June 2006 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Davies has a night to remember at Stradey Wales Online Media Wales 7 April 2007 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Scarlets 19 10 Connacht BBC Sport 11 May 2007 Retrieved 14 March 2023 Woolford Anthony 23 September 2018 Former Wales prop makes incredible return to league rugby just a few months short of his 50th birthday Wales Online Media Wales Retrieved 14 March 2023 External links editJohn Davies on sporting heroes net John Davies on ercrugby com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Davies rugby union born 1971 amp oldid 1175192743, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
