James Lewis (rugby union)
| Birth name | James Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Lewis (20 November 1987)[1] is a Welsh rugby union player for London Welsh RFC after he played for them on loan in a Championship match against Birmingham and Solihull RFC . A centre, he previously played for Ebbw Vale, Newport Gwent Dragons and Coventry. iN 2010 he had a trial with Sale Sharks.
The twin brother of scrum half Robert Lewis, James Lewis has represented Wales at U16, U18, U19, U20 and 7s. He scored an outstanding try in Wales U19's win over France U19 in the 2005-2006 Grand Slam decider – and played a part in the newly created team's U20 Six Nations campaign in 2007. He has represented Wales on 18 occasions across all the age grade international teams.
Lewis was selected for the senior Wales Sevens squad at 19 years of age for the tour to Hong Kong and Adelaide for legs five and six of the 2006–2007 IRB World Sevens Series. He scored a try in the Plate quarter-final clash against Italy in Hong Kong; his team ultimately won the trophy by overcoming Argentina in the final.
He was the only player to represent Wales in all the 2007–2008 IRB Sevens World Series, and the 3 7s Rugby World Cup qualifying games. He scored a try in the Bowl semi-final in Dubai against Australia (which Wales narrowly lost), and further impressed in the George Sevens; he notched a match-winning try against France in the Bowl semi-final to put his side through to the final against England, in which he also scored to gain Wales Sevens' first piece of silverware in the 2007–2008 season.
In 2007-2008 he was Wales and Europe's highest try scorer in the IRB 7's series and the 13th highest try scorer in the World 7's with 20 tries. Lewis has accumulated 34 tries for Wales 7s in all tournaments.