Colin Charvis
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| Full name | Colin Lloyd Charvis | ||
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) | ||
| Weight | 18 st 4 lb (116 kg) | ||
| School |
Queen Mary's Grammar School Polytechnic of Central London |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker or No. 8 | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1992-1995 1995-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2009 |
London Welsh Swansea Tarbes Newcastle Dragons |
? 168 17 44 51 |
(?) (310) (15) (30) (35) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996-2007 2001 |
Wales British & Irish Lions |
94 2 |
(110) (0) |
Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8.
Charvis became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24 November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff with his 22nd international try. In 2011 he was overtaken by Takashi Kikutani of Japan on the List of leading rugby union test try scorers.
Charvis has 2 caps for the British and Irish Lions; both appearances were against Australia in 2001. Further representative honours include Wales Students, Wales U21 and Wales A.
In 2013 Charvis took on the Absa Cape Epic, an eight-day team stage race that traverses the Western Cape region of South Africa. Having ridden over 700 km with 15 000m of vertical climbing, Charvis completed the race as an Individual Finisher after his partner withdrew.
Charvis was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham on 27 December 1972 to Lloyd and Lynne Charvis. Lloyd is now living in Kansas City, Missouri, United States and is a successful artist there. Colin began his club career with London Welsh while studying at Polytechnic of Central London. He stayed at the club until 1995, when he moved to Swansea RFC.
His first cap for Wales was in 1996 against Australia: he went on to become team captain for a period and toured Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001.
He remained with Swansea until changes in the Welsh club structure saw him without a contract in the period of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
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