Phil Davies Wales Rugby
The lions had taken five welshmen to new zealand only one of whom flanker richard webster was a forward.
Phil davies wales rugby. At only the second lineout of the game as he tussled with jon hall a single punch from wade dooley took him down shattering his cheekbone. Spending all his playing career with his beloved llanelli he won the welsh cup five times skippering the club for a number of. He played in seven wru challenge cup finals winning five of them and helped the scarlets beat the reigning world champions australia in 1992 and to win the heineken league in wales in 1993. He had a 14 year playing career selected for the british lions captaining of wales gaining 46 caps and over 350 games for llanelli.
The welsh no8 phil davies was determined that wasnt going to change. Phil davies won 46 welsh caps in the back and second rows and became a highly respected and successful captain at llanelli. Rugby has been a way of life for phil davies for some 40 years now. Davies 56 was previously in charge at headingley between 1996 and 2006.
England lock wade dooley hits wales number 8 phil davies hard with a violent right hand from behind that forces him off the field with a broken jaw during th. Overseen by head coach alan davies wales were undeniably the strong favourites for tests against zimbabwe and namibia even more so because they were virtually full strength. He is now an international coach currently serving as director of rugby at yorkshire carnegie whilst running his own sports consultancy company. His relationship with players and management is outstanding and he assisted greatly to ensure a good team culture within the team.
Former wales forward phil davies has some great tales to tell from his four decades in rugby as a player and coach the rugby morning headlines as welsh coach makes shock return and player banned. Phil davies in 1987 england hadnt beaten wales in cardiff since 1963. Former wales international phil davies has rejoined english championship side yorkshire carnegie as director of rugby.