Rhys Gill

Rhys Gill

Birth name	Iorworth Alan Rhys Gill
Date of birth	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986
Place of birth	Rhondda, Wales
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb)
School	Ysgol Gyfun Cymer Rhondda
University	Pencoed College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2008 2008–2009 2009–2016 2016- Cardiff RFC Glamorgan Saracens Cardiff Blues 54 11 135 21 (25) (0) (20) (0) Correct as of 25 April 2015 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2005–2009 Cardiff Blues 5 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010– Wales 7 (0) Correct as of 19 November 2016

Iorworth Alan Rhys Gill (born 30 October 1986) is a Wales international rugby union player. A prop forward he joined Saracens in May 2009 having previously played for Cardiff Blues.

A former member of the Cardiff Blues Academy, Gill represented Wales at Under-16 and Under-18 levels before signing with Cardiff RFC as an 18-year-old. He made his Cardiff debut in 2005 and went on to become a member of the Wales Under-21 squad that season. He finished his first season for the club with 18 appearances and made his Magners League bow with the Cardiff Blues as a substitute against Munster at Thomond Park in May 2006. The loose-head was signed by English Premiership side Saracens in 2009, having been scouted by the club's assistant coach Cobus Visagie as a powerful set-piece performer.

On 18 January 2010 he was named in the 35 man Wales national Squad for the 2010 Six Nations tournament. Gill made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against Ireland on 13 March 2010 as a second-half replacement.

After helping Saracens to a maiden Premiership title in 2011, Gill was handed another chance in a Wales jersey - against Ireland in the opening game of the 2012 Six Nations..

External links

• Rhys Gill biography at the Cardiff Blues