Rob Appleyard
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Birth name | Robert Charles A. Appleyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 December 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Haverfordwest, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6.20 ft (1.89 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 16.1 st (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Pembroke Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Neath Tertiary College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Charles Appleyard (born 9 December 1972)[1] is a former Wales international rugby union player. A flanker, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC Sale Sharks and Cardiff RFC. He was assistant coach to the Wales national under-20 rugby union team for the 2008 and 2010 Junior Rugby World Cup.[2] He is currently a director/agent at Win sports management.
In June 2011 he was appointed full-time defence coach to Newport Gwent Dragons[3] He started his coaching career as defence coach at the Ospreys before moving west as a skills coach at the Scarlets.
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