Aled Brew in January 2013
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Full name | Aled Brew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Nathan Brew (Brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Winger | ||
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2004–2006 2007–2008 2008 2008 2012–2014 2016- |
Neath Aberavon Swansea →Pontypridd Biarritz Olympique Bath |
6 1 1 ? 53 0 |
(5) (0) (0) (?) (15) (0) |
Provincial / State sides | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2008–2012 2014–2016 |
Ospreys →Dragons Ospreys Blues Dragons Dragons |
9 28 15 6 80 12 |
(10) (65) (5) (5) (150) (0) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2007– | Wales | 9 | (15) |
Correct as of 17:00, 2 Jun 2012 (UTC)
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Medal record | ||
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Rugby Sevens | ||
Representing Wales | ||
Rugby World Cup Sevens | ||
Dubai 2009 |
Aled Brew (born 9 August 1986) is a Wales international rugby union player who plays as a winger. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against Ireland in the 2007 Six Nations Championship.
Brew was born in Cardiff and raised a Welsh language speaker when the family including moved to Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. His older brother Nathan Brew is also a professional rugby union player.
He signed his first professional contract with Swansea RFC in 2008, and was sent out on loan to Pontypridd RFC.
He returned to the Ospreys, but was again sent out on loan to the Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2006/7 season. Playing alongside his brother, Brew was the victim of alleged racial abuse from fans on 16 February 2007, while playing against Ulster Rugby in Ulster. Ulster Rugby however were subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing and the abuse was not proven. Brew scored 65 points in 28 appearances for the Dragons, scoring 13 tries.
Returning to the Ospreys for the 2007/8 season, he found competition hard against the very much in-form Shane Williams, and spent much time in the second team.
Brew signed for Cardiff Blues in May 2008. Having made one appearance for the Blues in the 2008–09 Magners League. Brew as an under 21 player was attached to Pontypridd RFC, before being loaned to Newport Gwent Dragons for the rest of the 2008–09 season.