Ryan Banks
| Date of birth | 2 February 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Banks (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian former rugby union international.
Banks, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a product of Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. He was a football linebacker on the Simon Fraser University team, before concentrating on rugby.[1]
A back-row forward, Banks played for Burnaby Lake and earned 36 caps for Canada from 1999 to 2003, representing them in two editions of the Rugby World Cup. He played professionally for Bedford in the 1999–2000 Premiership Rugby season.[2] In 2003, Banks filled in as captain for a World Cup match against the All Blacks.[3]
Banks married rugby player Heather Wilson, who is also a two-time Canadian World Cup representative.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hall of Fame induction a thrill for rugby star Banks". The Abbotsford News. April 29, 2013.
- ^ "Bedford soak up the blows". The Independent. April 22, 2000.
- ^ "Banks hails All Blacks". BBC News. October 17, 2003.
- ^ "Meet the Samsons, Rugby Canada's newest pair of married international rugby players". The Province. February 5, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Ryan Banks at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Canadian rugby union players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union players from Vancouver
- Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Rugby union players from British Columbia
- Canadian football people from Vancouver
- Simon Fraser Red Leafs football players
- Bedford Blues players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England
- Footballers who switched code