- Liam Davies
Infobox Rugby Union biography
playername = Liam Davies
fullname = Liam Davies
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|5|10
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countryofbirth =Wales
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weight = convert|83|kg|stlb|abbr=on
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position = Scrum-half|capital=yes
currentclub =CA Brive
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years = 2005–2008
2008–
clubs =Llanelli Scarlets CA Brive
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pcupdate = 11:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
repupdate =Liam Davies (born
10 May 1986 ) is a Welshrugby union footballer, who plays at scrum-half for Brive in the FrenchTop 14 .Davies began his professional rugby career with the
Llanelli Scarlets , and made his league debut for the Scarlets while still in the region's development squad, playing againstCardiff Blues on14 September 2005 . He made a further nine appearances in the 2005–06 season, scoring a try againstGlasgow Warriors on16 October 2005 . In March 2006, Davies was promoted to the Scarlets' first team squad, signing on a professional development contract. [cite news |title=Scarlets sign up six youngsters |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/4832374.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-03-22 |accessdate=2008-02-13 ]Davies started the 2006–07 season as the Scarlets' third-choice scrum-half, behind
Dwayne Peel andClive Stuart-Smith , and so was forced to wait until December to make his first appearance of the season. Again, he made a further nine appearances that season, scoring one try.With Dwayne Peel away at the
2007 Rugby World Cup , Davies started the 2007–08 season at the top of the Scarlets' scrum-half pecking order withGavin Cattle . The two of them shared duties in the number 9 shirt for the first three months of the season, before Peel's return, but they soon got back into action when Peel joined up with the Wales squad for the 2008 Six Nations.In June 2008, Davies signed for
CA Brive on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 6 September 2008 in a 16–16 draw with Castres.References
External links
* [http://www.scarlets.co.uk/the-region/PlayerDetails.aspx?ID=129612 Scarlets profile]
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