Robin Sowden-Taylor
Appearance
Birth name | Robin Sowden-Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 June 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Cari (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Sowden-Taylor (born 9 June 1982) is a Welsh international rugby player.
Sowden-Taylor won his first Wales cap in the win over Italy in 2005 as part of the squad that won the Grand Slam that year. He was also a member of the 2008 Grand Slam winning squad.[1]
In the Summer of 2010, Sowden-Taylor left the Cardiff Blues and joined their regional rivals, the Newport Gwent Dragons, despite being heavily linked with the Sale Sharks.
In January 2011 Sowden-Taylor announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 28.[2]
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- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Cardiff
- Rugby union flankers
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Cardiff Blues players
- Dragons (rugby union) players
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Wales
- Rugby union strength and conditioning coaches
- Welsh rugby union biography stubs
- People educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff