Ceri Sweeney

Ceri Sweeney

Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Template:Fly-half / Template:Inside centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) Wales 35 (88)

Ceri Sweeney (born 21 January 1980 in Glyncoch) is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Cardiff Blues and Wales.

Club Career

In 1998, Sweeney joined Pontypridd RFC from Glyncoch RFC.

In 2003, with the introduction of regional rugby in Wales, Sweeney joined the Celtic Warriors. When the club was liquidated in the Summer of 2004 he signed for the Newport Gwent Dragons.

In the summer of 2008, after 4 seasons with the Newport Gwent Dragons Sweeney signed for another Welsh Region, the Cardiff Blues. Sweeney was told upon signing for the Blues, that he was signed to be used as an outside-half (his prefered position) as opposed to inside centre. This meant that Sweeney would be competing with Nicky Robinson for the number 10 jersey.

International Career

In 2003, Sweeney made his debut for Wales against England in the Six Nations Championship.

After playing well during the six nations, Sweeney was selected in the Wales squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He was on the bench for the final pool game against New Zealand and came on just after half-time to make a big impact. His hand-off on Carlos Spencer saw him break straight through the defensive line with Colin Charvis in support. After passing to Charvis, who passed back to him, he was finally brought down by Doug Howlett just 1m short of the line. The ball was quickly passed out to Shane Williams on the left wing who finished the move by scoring a try.

Whilst playing against South Africa in 2004, his team-mate Alix Popham was knocked unconcious whilst tackling. Sweeney noticed Popham was unconcious and acted quickly to prevent Popham from swallowing his own tongue.

In 2007 Sweeney was selected in the Wales squad for the 2007 World Cup.

External links

• Newport profile
• Wales profile
• WRC profile
• scrum.com player statistics