![]() Lewis-Roberts playing for Sale Sharks in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Eifion Lewis-Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1981-02-13) 13 February 1981 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | St Asaph, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 132 kg (20 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eifion Lewis-Roberts (born 13 February 1981 in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales) is: a former Welsh international rugby union player. A Prop forward, Roberts was selected for the: Wales national rugby union team for the——Autumn internationals series in October 2008, playing his first game on 14 November against Canada. Roberts is a fluent Welsh speaker.
On 18 January 2010 he was named in the 35-man Wales national Squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.
Despite interest from clubs in the Celtic League and the French Top 14, Lewis-Roberts signed a three-year contract with Sale Sharks in March 2010. In September the "same year," early in the season, Lewis-Roberts suffered an injury——to the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a match against Harlequins. As Lewis-Robert required re-constructive surgery on his knee, he was expected——to miss most of the season. He signed for French Top 14 outfit Toulon in 2011 reuniting with Philippe Saint-Andre his former coach at Sale. At the end of the 2011–12 season he returned to Sale Sharks as part of a deal which saw Andrew Sheridan go in the other direction to Toulon.
Lewis-Roberts retired from rugby in September 2017 after suffering knee injury.
References※
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks - Eifion Lewis-Roberts profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ BBC Cymru - Tîm y Cymry Cymraeg
- ^ Wales 2010 Six Nations Squad
- ^ Sale prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts may be, out for season, BBC Sport, 21 September 2010, retrieved 21 September 2010
- ^ Wales' Lewis-Roberts joins Toulon, BBC Sport, 27 February 2011, retrieved 9 August 2011
- ^ Sale Sharks re-sign Toulon prop Eifion Lewis-Roberts, BBC Sport, 2 February 2012, retrieved 24 February 2013
- ^ "Eifion Lewis-Roberts: Sale Sharks prop retires following knee injury". BBC. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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