Steve Sutton (rugby union)
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Birth name | Stephen Sutton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 February 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Abertillery, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Sutton (born Abertillery, 17 February 1958) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played as a lock.
Career
He started his club career playing for Pontypool RFC, where he played until the 1979–80 Season, where he played for Ebbw Vale RFC,[1] years later, he would play for South Wales Police RFC.[2] Sutton had his first cap for Wales in the 1982 Five Nations Championship match against France in Cardiff, on 6 February 1983. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Welsh squad, playing three matches in the tournament, with the third place final against Australia, in Rotorua, on 18 June 1987 being his last international cap for Wales.[3]
Notes
- ^ Newport vs Pontypool 1979-80 Programme History of Newport RFC :: 1874–2013
- ^ WalesOnline. "South Wales Police withdraw from action". Wales Online. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Steve SUTTON - International rugby union caps for Wales. - Wales". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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- Ebbw Vale RFC players
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