Scott Quinnell
| Full name | Leon Scott Quinnell | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 August 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 18 st 13 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||||
| School | Graig Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Derek Quinnell (father) Craig Quinnell (brother) Gavin Quinnell (brother) Barry John (uncle) |
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
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| Position | No. 8 | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1994–96 | Wigan | 41 | (72) |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1995 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1990–94 1996–98 1998–05 |
Llanelli Richmond Llanelli Scarlets |
146 44 59 |
(160) (175) (60) |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1993–2002 1997, 2001 |
Wales British and Irish Lions |
52 3 |
(55) (5) |
Scott Quinnell (born 20 August 1972 in Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan) is a former Welsh international rugby league and rugby union player, who was a number 8 for Wales, Llanelli RFC, the Llanelli Scarlets and the Lions. He scored 11 tries for Wales and captained his country on 7 occasions in rugby union.
Scott is the son of former Welsh international Derek Quinnell. His next younger brother Craig Quinnell plays professional rugby union, as did another brother, Gavin Quinnell, before losing the sight in one eye after an incident in a 2010 rugby match. The brothers are also nephews of legendary Welsh international Barry John.
Quinnell first joined the Llanelli juniors aged 8 and made his debut as an 18-year-old back in 1990 against Penygroes. He went on to represent Llanelli on 146 occasions, scoring 69 tries in the process.
Quinnell first played for Wales as a blindside flanker in a 26-24 defeat against Canada in 1993. He was part of the 1994 Five nations winning Welsh team and was man of the match as number 8 in Wales' 24-15 victory over France that year with a try and a breakaway to set up another try.
He switched to rugby league in 1994, joining Wigan. He stayed with Wigan for two years during this time he won the league. Scott Quinnell played Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11, (replaced by Interchange/Substitute Barrie McDermott on 59-minutes) in Wigan's 25-16 victory over St. Helens in the 1995–96 Regal Trophy Final during the 1994–95 season at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 13 January 1996. He also represented Wales in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, he says that the toughest game of rugby he ever played was the quarter-final against Western Samoa. Wales went out to England 25-10 in the semi-finals.
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