Owen Williams (rugby player born 1991)
| Birth name | Owen Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Owen Williams (born 2 October 1991) is a Welsh rugby union player. A centre, he played club rugby for Cardiff Blues regional team.
Having previously been selected for the Wales national rugby sevens team, in May 2013 Williams was selected in the Wales national rugby union team 32 man training squad for the summer 2013 tour to Japan. He made his international debut against Japan on 8 June 2013[1] and maintained his place in the squad for Wales' Autumn internationals for 2013.[2]
While playing for the Cardiff Blues in the 2014 World Club Tens, he suffered a significant injury to his spine and has been recovering in a hospital since.[3]
References
- ↑ Wales debut
- ↑ 2013 Autumun Internationals
- ↑ "Owen Williams: Cardiff Blues reveal player suffered spinal injury". BBC Sport. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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