Adam Beard
 Beard representing Wales during the Six Nations Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Adam James Beard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Neath Port Talbot College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam James Beard (born 7 January 1996) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship club Ospreys and the Wales national team.
Club career
[edit]Beard made his debut for the Ospreys in 2012 having previously played for their academy team, Aberavon RFC and Birchgrove RFC.
International career
[edit]Wales
[edit]In May 2017 Beard was named in the Wales senior squad for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017[1] He made his debut for Wales against Samoa in Apia on the 2017 summer tour, coming on as a replacement, and then made his first start in the home victory over Georgia five months later. His 6 Nations debut came in the win over France in Paris in 2019 – his ninth straight win in a Wales shirt. He went on to start in four of the Grand Slam matches in the 2019 championships, and come on as a replacement in the other, as he extended his unbeaten run in a Welsh shirt to 11 matches up to 1 August 2019.[citation needed]
British and Irish Lions
[edit]Beard was called into the British & Irish Lions squad for the 2021 tour to South Africa. This followed the temporary withdrawal of tour captain Alun Wyn Jones following a shoulder injury.[2] On 7 July Beard made his Lions debut in the Provincial game against the Sharks.[3] Beard would go on to make his Lions test debut in the third test against the Springboks.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Beard is in a relationship with Chelsea Lewis, the Wales netball international.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Wales squad June 2017
- ^ "Beard & Navidi called into Lions squad and Murray replaces Jones as Tour captain".
- ^ "Beard makes Lions debut | Ospreys".
- ^ "Wales lock Adam Beard's World Cup: A lucky escape, surgery and overeating". www.bbc.co.uk. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Welsh netball international Chelsea Lewis has announced her pregnancy with rugby player boyfriend Adam Beard". www.newschain.uk. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Adam Beard at ESPNscrum
- Adam Beard at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Adam Beard at Welsh Rugby Union
- Ospreys Player Profile
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