Keelan Giles

Keelan Giles
Birth name Keelan Giles
Date of birth (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997[1]
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)
School Gower College Swansea
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Ospreys
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–16 Swansea RFC 5 (30)
Correct as of 1 October 2016
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016– Ospreys 14 (65)
Correct as of 2 April 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 Wales U20 6 (25)
Correct as of 7 June 2016

Keelan Giles (born 29 January 1997)[1] is a Welsh rugby union player, who plays for Ospreys regional team as a winger. He is a Wales under-20 international and received a call up to the Welsh senior team for their 2016 tour of New Zealand. He made the final three in BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year 2016 along with Ellie Robinson and Amy Tinkler.

Club career

Born in Swansea, he played his mini and junior rugby for Loughor RFC and then Waunarlwydd RFC, before he joined the Ospreys age-grade system, representing them at U16 and U18 level, as well as Swansea RFC. He undertook his education at Gower College Swansea.[2]

As of 10/12/2016 he scored 11 tries (55pts) in 7 games for the Ospreys. [1]

International career

A Wales under-20 international, Giles and received a call up to the Welsh senior team for their 2016 tour of New Zealand. He was called in to the senior squad for Wales' 2016 Autumn International Series to cover injuries. Despite being named as a replacement for Wales' match against Japan, he stayed on the bench and was not called on to play. In May 2017 he was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Keelan Giles". Ospreys Rugby. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Who is Keelan Giles? Everything you need to know about the young wing summoned to New Zealand by Wales". Wales Online. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. ↑ Wales squad June 2017
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