Dan Watchurst

Dan Watchurst

Personal information
Full name	Dan Watchurst
Date of birth	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) (age 21)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	122kg
Nickname(s)	Big Dane
School(s) attended	Colston's School Bristol Cathedral School Filton College
University(s)	UWIC
Club information
Position(s)	Prop
Current club	Newport Gwent Dragons
Youth clubs
Years	Club
2008–2009	Newport Gwent Dragons
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2009–	Dragons	02 0(0)
Representative teams**
2008 2009–	Wales U18 Wales U20
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 1 January 2010. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 1 January 2010.

Dan Watchurst (born 15 March 1990, Bristol) is a Welsh rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons in the RaboDirect Pro12. He has captained the Wales under-20 national team.

A prop forward, Watchurst previously played for Ebbw Vale RFC, Bedwas RFC, Pontypool RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons Under-20 regional team. He made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons senior team versus Sale Sharks on 6 November 2009.

On 22 December 2009, he was named in the Wales Under 20 Squad for the 2010 Under-20 Six Nations tournament.^[1] On 1 February 2010, Watchurst was named as captain for the first two matches of the tournament.^[2] In May 2010, he was named as Wales Under-20 captain for the Junior World Cup in Argentina in June 2010.^[3]

References

1. ^ Wales Under 20 Squad
2. ^ Watchurst Under 20's captain
3. ^ Junior World Cup

External links

• Newport Gwent Dragons profile

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Name	Watchurst, Dan
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Date of birth	15 March 1990
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Date of death
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