Full name | Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | King's Lynn, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Colston's Collegiate School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position(s) | Prop | ||
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Current team | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
Youth Career | |||
1994 |
Bath NEC Harlequins |
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1996 1997-1999 2001-2003 2003-2012 2014 |
Ebbw Vale Sale Sharks Pontypridd Bath NG Dragons Lydney |
109 65 207 9 4 |
(20) (65) (35) (0) (5) |
Correct as of 5 July 2014
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National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
2005 2005-2009 |
England A England |
5 |
(0) |
Correct as of 5 July 2014
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Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell (born 1 October 1974 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Lydney Rugby Football Club in the National League 2 South. Educated at Colston's Collegiate School, Bristol, he is an England international with five caps.
Born in Norfolk, Bell was raised in the South Gloucestershire village of Hawkesbury Upton. He attended Colston's Collegiate School with Chris Taylor the Gloucestershire cricketer with whom he shares a great friendship. Bell first played rugby for Bath Minis and later for Bristol U17's and colts whilst attending Colstons Collegiate school.
Bell had joined NEC Harlequins, but was unable to win a professional contract. Bell then spent a season with Ebbw Vale, prior to a four-year spell with Sale.
He made the move to Pontypridd in 2001. During his time at the Club, Bell won the 2002 Principality Cup and was a finalist in the 2002 Parker Pen Shield.
In 2003, Bell moved to Bath. Bell played in the final of the 2007-08 European Challenge Cup, as Bath defeated the Worcester Warriors.