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Dai Young Full name David Young Date of birth July 26, 1967 Place of birth Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 18 st 7 lb (117 kg) Nickname Live Fast, Big Ted Rugby league career Position Prop Professional clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 1990–1991
1991–1996Leeds
SalfordNational teams Years Club / team Caps (points) 1990–1996 Wales 14 (0) Rugby union career Current status Position(s) Coach current team London Wasps Playing career Position Prop Amateur clubs Years Club / team 1985–1988
1987
1988–1990
1996–2002Swansea
Northern Suburbs
Cardiff
CardiffNational team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1987–2001
1989–2001Wales
British and Irish Lions51
3(4)
(0)Coaching career Years Club / team 2002–2011
2011-Cardiff Blues
London WaspsDavid "Dai" Young (born 26 July 1967) is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league player, presently Director of Rugby at London Wasps.
Born in Aberdare in 1967, Young lived in Penywaun for many years, and was regularly seen training with his father on the local sports field, now occupied by the Welsh-language school Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun.
Young played rugby union at club level for Swansea and Cardiff. Having not been selected to play for Wales in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, Young, then 19, travelled to Australia for the summer to play for Northern Suburbs. When Stuart Evans broke his foot playing against Tonga, Young was on the right side of the world at the right time and was called up to the Welsh squad. He made his debut for Wales against England in the quarter-finals.
Young played rugby league for Leeds and Salford. When he moved to Leeds his transfer fee was a then world record of £150,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £319,000 in 2009).[1] He captained Wales in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
Young won 51 caps for the Wales national rugby union team, a record number for a prop, and three caps for the British Lions. He is the only man to have toured with the British Lions in three separate decades: 1989, 1997 and 2001.
After becoming head coach of the Cardiff Blues, he resigned in summer 2011, and was made Director of Rugby at London Wasps after payment of a compensation package.
Young formerly resided in the village of Cwmdare, within two miles of where he was raised. He has now moved his base to London.
References
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 2003-04-23. http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Dai Young: On making his Wales debut in the first ever Rugby World Cup against England in the quarter-finals". WRU. 2008-07-29. http://www.wru.co.uk/41_14181.php. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
External links
Wales squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup Third Place Forwards Blackmore · Buchanan · Collins · Ph. Davies · S. Evans · James · P. Moriarty · R. Moriarty · Norster · A. Phillips · K. Phillips · Rawlins · Richards · Roberts · Sutton · Webster · Whitefoot · YoungBacks Coach GrayWales squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup Wales squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup Forwards Humphreys · Charvis · C. Quinnell · Rogers · A. Lewis · Evans · Moore · S. Quinnell · G. Llewellyn · Young · Jenkins · G. Lewis · Voyle · Sinkinson · Williams · WyattBacks Coach British and Irish Lions – 1989 Australia tour Forwards Backs Coach British and Irish Lions – 1997 South Africa tour Forwards Backs Coach British and Irish Lions – 2001 Australia tour Forwards Backs Coach Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Aberdare
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
- Welsh rugby union coaches
- Welsh rugby league players
- Leeds Rhinos players
- Salford City Reds players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Wales rugby union captains
- Cardiff RFC players
- Swansea RFC players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Aberdare RFC players
- People educated at Aberdare High School
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