Wales Sevens Squad

Cory began his career with Dinas Powys at full back as an 11 year-old. He stayed there until he joined Glamorgan Wanderers where he played for two seasons in the Under 18 side.

He played full back for Wales Under 18s before moving to the centre with Wales U20s. He was in the Welsh side which made history by becoming the first Welsh team to defeat New Zealand (9-6) at the Junior World Championship in South Africa in 2012.

He made his debut in the second round of competition on the IRB Sevens circuit in Dubai in 2012 as a replacement against New Zealand.

Having spent the 2012/13 season with the Blues, Davies rejoined the sevens circuit in the penultimate round of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Glasgow where he had an outstanding tournament.

He was included in Glasgow 7s team of the tournment after he collected 32 points to finish as the top fourth points scorer.

Jamie is the younger brother of Scarlets and Wales midfielder Jonathan Davies. He made his debut for Wales Sevens at the Gold Coast Sevens in 2012 where he appeared in all five games before Wales were knocked out of the Bowl at the semi-final stage by Spain.

He was a standout figure in the second round of the 2012 series in Dubai where he was an instrumental figure in Wales claiming the Plate against Canada in the final.

Ifan, along with Rhys Shellard and Richie Pugh, is now one of the longest serving players in the Wales Sevens squad, having represented Wales for the first time in Hong Kong in 2009.

Born and bred in Aberystwyth, Evans came through the Youth system at the Mid Wales club before moving on to Llandovery. He is now based with Principality Premiership club, Newport.

Thomas is a product of Bridgend where he shared the scrum half duties in the Premiership Principality with Tom Habberfield, another rising talent within the Ospreys region who represented Wales in the IRB Series in the 2011/12 season.

Grabham joined the Welsh team for the final two legs of the 2011/12 IRB World Series in Glasgow and Twickenham.

 

Welsh-speaking Jason has spent his entire club career with Carmarthen Quins - except for one year when he attended UWIC.

The former Wales U18 and U20 centre joined the Wales 7s squad in Dubai in 2012 and went on to play in six tournaments in the HSBC Sevens World Series in his debut season.

The Neath teenager played his first tournament on the IRB circuit in the last round of the 2012/13 series in Twickenham.

He scored his first try against New Zealand in Wales' 45-5 defeat and followed that up with a try against Samoa in the Bowl semi-final in a tournament where Wales claimed the Bowl with a 19-7 win over France in the final.

 

The fly-half is the son of former Wales international back row Kingsley Jones. He has formerly had spells with Sale Sharks, Cardiff Blues and the Cornish Pirates before heading back to Wales to Newport.

He played for Wales Sevens in the 2010 Commonwealth Games rugby sevens tournament and has gone on to become an integral part of Paul John’s plans on the World Series circuit.

A standout performer for Llandovery in the Principality Premiership, Knight made his debut for Wales on the HSBC World Series in the penultimate round of the 2012/13 season.

He scored three tries in his debut tournament, including a stunning breakaway try in the 3rd/4th play-off against England. Although chosen for his finishing prowess his defence also proved outstanding on debut.

Tavis made one RWC 2011 appearance, starting in the 81-7 win over Namibia. He was picked for the World Cup squad after being voted man of the match in the pre-World Cup warm-up game against Argentina.

Knoyle had moved up the pecking order of Welsh scrum-halves in 2009/10, earning himself a call-up to tour New Zealand in the summer of 2010. His reward was a first cap as a replacement in the opening international in Dunedin just three weeks after his 20th birthday.

A product of Glynneath, he won four Wales Under 20 caps in 2009 having previously played for Wales at Under 16 and Under 18 levels.

After coming through the ranks at Glynneath, he launched his senior career with Neath and made his Magners League debut for the Ospreys in April 2009, before switching to the Scarlets at the start of the 2009/10 campaign.

He made his sevens debut in the penultimate round of the 2012/13 round of the HSBC Sevens world series.

The Cardiff Blues Academy product made his debut on the IRB Sevens circuit against South Africa in the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens.

The strong ball carr ying back row played in the last four rounds of the 2011/12 World Series in Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland and England. He played in the opening round of the 2012/13 series in Australia before rejoining the squad in the sixth round in Hong Kong where Wales made the final before losing to Fiji.

The Aberavon back got his first taste of international Sevens when he played in the last two legs of the 2010/11 season at Twickenham and Edinburgh.

Formerly with Tonmawr and Skewen, Price also represented the Ospreys at Under 20 level and is currently part of the region's Development squad.

A graduate from Swansea University in sports science, Richie Pugh made his Ospreys debut against Ulster in September 2003. He had a strong 2006–2007 season with the region, making 18 appearances and grabbing an early season try against the Cardiff Blues in the Magners League.

Pugh was announced as a Wales Sevens squad member ahead of the 2006–2007 IRB Sevens World Series. He retained the captaincy of the side for the first two legs in Dubai and George, having successfully led the team in the IRB Sevens tournament in 2005 and Commonwealth Games in 2006.

Pugh has further representative honours including competing for the Wales Youth, U19 and U21 levels. He has one cap for Wales, gained in the 77-3 win over the United States in which he obtained a debut try. Pugh was voted Senior Sports Person of the Year in the City and County of Swansea’s Sports Awards in 2005.

In November 2007 Pugh was included in the Wales Sevens squad ahead of the 2007–2008 IRB Sevens World Series. He notched tries against Kenya and Samoa in the Pool stages during the Dubai Sevens and scored a try in the Bowl final in George, South Africa, in which Wales beat England to lift their first piece of silverware of the season.

The foraging flanker from Aberdare took over the Wales Sevens captaincy for the 2012/13 IRB World Series season having shared the responsibility with Richie Pugh the previous season.

As a youngster he followed in his father Mike’s footsteps, progressing through the junior and youth ranks with his local club, Aberdare.

International honours followed for Wales at Under 16 and U17 level as Rhys gained a fearsome reputation as a hard hitting flanker, his route to senior rugby guiding him into the ranks of the Warriors Academy.

As an 18-year-old he featured for Wales at Under 19 FIRA level in the 2004 Six Nations and World Cup tournaments. Rhys made a number of appearances on dual registration for Pontypridd in the Premiership, before signing up on a permanent basis for the Sardis Road team at the commencement of the 2004/2005 campaign.

Rhys captained the Wales Under 21 team during the World Cup tournament of 2006 and joined Cardiff in 2008 before returning to Pontypridd at the beginning of the 2012-13 Premiership season.

Of the current Wales Sevens squad, no player has taken part in more tournaments on the World Series. And after the third round of the 2012-13 World Series, his tally of 33 tries has him 9th on the all time record list for Wales.

The strong runnng centre got his first taste of Sevens during the summer of 2011 where he played for Wales in three of the four legs of the FIRA series - he played in Bucarest, Barcelona and Moscow.

He has previously played for Neath in 2009/10 before spending a season in Australia where he turned out for Brisbane Bulldogs.

Having successfully completed an apprenticeship in Technical Sciences, he is now studying at Swansea Univeristy where he is in the second year of a Material Science/Engineering course.

The former Filton College fly half made his Wales Sevens bow in the Far East with his debut in the 2011/12 Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.

A rising talent, Thomas had made two appearances for Bristol in the British & Irish Cup before he had represented his country in the abbreviated form of the game for the first time as an 18-year-old in the 2011/2012 season.

Newport-born Alex Walker has played for Newport Youth, Newport Gwent Dragons U20, and was part of the Dragons Junior Academy. He began his playing career aged 8, at mini rugby for Newport High School Old Boys. 

He gained his senior academy contract with the club at the start of the 2005–2006 season, making one replacement appearance for the region. Walker was an ever-present Dragons team member during the 2006–2007 season.

Walker has represented Wales at U18 and U19 levels. Walker was selected to play for the Wales U21 side in the 2005–2006 season but broke his collarbone, keeping him off the field for three months.

For the 2011/12 IRB World Sevens Series, he was named as one of Wales's 'core' contracted players. He was one of only two players - Richard Smith being the other - to feature in all nine tournaments throughout the campaign.

Capped at international level after coming on as a second half replacement against the Barbarians on 2 June 2012, the Scarlets centre got his first taste of sevens rugby in the penultimate round of the 2012/13 HSBC World Series in Glasgow.

Also capped at Under 20 level. Warren started out with Furnace United and Llanelli but has also played for Llandovery in the Principality Premiership.

Webber was plucked from Division One East of the Swalec League where he was playing for Ystrad Rhondda when making his Wales debut in the 2012 Dubai Sevens.

The rising star had formerly played rugby in New Zealand on South Island’s west coast where he played for Greymouth Marist. He impressed the Welsh management while on trial with the Sevens development squad and is now looking to consolidate his position in the squad.

He scored his debut try in the IRB World Series in Dubai 2012 in the 27-5 victory over Fiji in the Plate semi-final.
 

Williams has previously represented Wales at U18 and U19 levels, and has also appeared as a U19 Sevens player. He was an influential member of the triumphant Welsh side which claimed the World Cup Sevens title in Dubai in 2009.

He received a call up to the Wales Sevens squad for participation in the 2006–2007 IRB Sevens World Series. Williams scored a try in the Bowl Final victory against Tonga in Adelaide and also made a scoring appearance in the Pool stage match against France at the close of the Series at Murrayfield.

Williams was named in the Wales Sevens squad ahead of the 2007–2008 IRB Sevens World Series. He impressed during the Dubai Sevens, scoring two tries against the USA and one against Samoa in the Pool stages, and a try against Australia in the Bowl semi-final that Wales narrowly lost.

Williams retained his place in the squad for the USA and New Zealand legs of the Series, to be played in February 2008. Since then he has been a valuable member of the Wales Sevens side.

He was also part of the Wales Sevens side which competed in the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Williams's try scoring exploits in the opening three rounds of the 2011/12 HSBC World Series were a major factor in Wales beginnng their campaign so well.

He finished 2011 with 14 tries from the opening leg of the series to sit third equal on the try scoring charts, just four behind New Zealand pace setter Frank Halai.

He has come through the grades with Aberdare where he began with the Minis before moving up to the Youth side. He is part of the Cardiff Blues Development squad.

He made his Wales Sevens dubut in Dubai 2010.

Having spent a successful season with Cardiff Blues during the 2012/13 season, Williams was named in the 32-man training squad for Japan. He returned to Sevens duty for the penultimate round of the 2012/13 world series in Glasgow.

A late developer to the game, Tom played most of his junior rugby at Pontyclun before being picked up by Bridgend Ravens.

He was then signed for the Blues Academy. He is now in his third season with Cardiff. He made his senior Blues debut against the Dragons in 2012.

He is currently studying at UWIC doing a Sports coaching and development degree part time.