Scott Baldwin (rugby player)

Scott Baldwin
Baldwin on 8 December 2012
Birth name Scott Baldwin
Date of birth (1988-07-12) 12 July 1988
Place of birth Bridgend, Wales
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2011
2009–2011		 Bridgend
Swansea		 41
43		 (5)
(30)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009– Ospreys 121 (20)
Correct as of 18 February 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013– Wales 34 (5)
Correct as of 23 June 2017

Scott Baldwin (born 12 July 1988) is a Welsh international rugby union player. He plays as a hooker for the Ospreys. In May 2013, Baldwin was selected in the Wales national rugby union team 32-man training squad for the summer 2013 tour to Japan.[1] He made his international debut in the 2nd test versus Japan on 15 June 2013, as a second-half replacement. In the 2015 RBS 6 Nations, Baldwin cemented his place as Wales's first choice hooker and made many pundits' team of the tournament.

The lion incident

Prior to an Ospreys rugby union match against Cheetahs in September 2017, he was bitten on the hand by a captive lion at Weltevrede Game Lodge near Bloemfontein, South Africa.[2][3] Ospreys coach Steve Tandy described Baldwin's conduct as "pretty stupid", and added "I don't know what sort of wildlife show Scott has been watching where you can pat a lion on the head as if it's a kitten."[4] The resulting outcome was that he missed the Pro14 fixture against the Cheetahs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Jones and James Hook rested by Wales for Japan tour". BBC Sport. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  2. ↑ "Scott Baldwin apologises for missing match after being bitten by lion". The Guardian. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. 1 2 "Scott Baldwin: Lion bites Ospreys' Wales hooker". BBC Sport. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. ↑ Lucy Clarke-Billings (30 September 2017). "Horrifying moment lion sinks teeth into 'stupid' rugby ace Scott Baldwin as he 'pets beast like kitten' in South Africa". Mirror.
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