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Dave Ewers
Date of birth (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthHarare, Zimbabwe
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb) [1]
SchoolIvybridge Community College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Current team Exeter Chiefs

Dave Ewers (born 3 November 1990) is a rugby union player in the Aviva Premiership for the Exeter Chiefs. He previously played for the Cornish Pirates in the Championship on a dual registration.[2] He is capable of playing both Flanker and Number 8.

Ewers attended the AASE programme run by Ivybridge Community College in 2009 and 2010. Ewers was a member of the Ivybridge squad 1st XV which contended the AASE final of 2009 & 2010 and won the North of England 7s Tournament the same year. Ewers was signed up by the Chiefs in 2010[3] and made his first start for Exeter in the British and Irish Cup against west country rivals Cornish Pirates.[4]

Before becoming a senior member of the Chiefs squad, Ewers was dual-registered and frequently played for Cornish Pirates.

International career

Ewers was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.[5] In February 2016 he was called up to England's 2016 Six Nations squad.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Exeter Chiefs". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Exeter youngsters head for Cornwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Success Stories and Player Profiles". RFU.com. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Ewers hopes to make his first start for Exe in cup". Thisisexeter.co.uk. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Six Nations 2016: Manu Tuilagi in England squad for Wales game". BBC Sport. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.