Full name | Steven Paul Fenwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 July 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Caerphilly Grammar Technical School Borough Road College |
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Position(s) | Back | ||
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Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1981-? | Cardiff City Blue Dragons | () | |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1981-82 | Wales | 2 | (10) |
Position(s) | Centre | ||
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Amateur team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1971-73 1973-81 |
Taffs Well RFC Beddau RFC Bridgend RFC Barbarian F.C. |
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National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1975-81 1977 |
Wales British Lions |
30 4 |
(152) (0) |
Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951, in Caerphilly, Wales) is a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, playing representative level rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, as a Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and playing representative level rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a Centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.
Fenwick played rugby as a schoolboy for Caerphilly Grammar Technical School, and later joined Taffs Well RFC. In 1971 he switched to Beddau where he played 51 games before moving on the first class team Bridgend. While at Bridgend Fenwick earned all of his 30 international caps for Wales, making his debut against France in 1975, in which he scored a try after only five minutes, and finished the game with a personal tally of 9 points. He was a member of the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand, in which he played in all four Tests. He also captained Wales in the Centenary game against the All Blacks in 1980. He also played for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against Argentina in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22.
In August 1981 Fenwick switched from rugby union to professional rugby league, signing to the Cardiff City Blue Dragons. He made his debut for Cardiff against Salford scoring four goals in the match. Fenwick went on to win two caps with the Wales national rugby league team between 1981 and 1982 scoring five goals.