Ryan Davis (rugby union)
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Full name | Ryan Raymond William Davis | ||||||
Date of birth | 11 November 1985 | ||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) [1] | ||||||
School | Colston’s Collegiate School | ||||||
University | Northumbria University | ||||||
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Position | Fly Half, Centre | ||||||
Current club | Retired | ||||||
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* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. |
Ryan Davis (born 11 November 1985 in England) is a rugby union player. Davis is a former England Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 international, Davis captained his country at Under-21 level in the 2005 Six Nations and went on to play at the IRB Under-21 World Championship in France.
In 2006 Davis' unfortunately injured both knees, rupturing his ACL three times consecutively, reducing his time on pitch to a handful of games. After visiting the renowned Bill Knowles in North America, he made is comeback in 2010 representing Bath Rugby in every league fixture that year. Because of a succession of injuries — affecting his knee ligaments, Davis' premiership career was severely disrupted. Davis′ position of choice is as a fly-half, but he can operate at full-back or in the centres.
Coaching Career
in 2014 Ryan Davis started his coaching career at Cleve RFC as Head Coach, Colstons Collegiate as 1st XV coach and Bath Academy as a assistant EPDG coach.
In his first appointment at Cleve RFC he gained promotion from South West 1 to National 3 in 2015, only losing 4 matches in 22 league games.
References
- ↑ "Bath Rugby - The Official Website". web page. Bath Rugby. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
External links
- Aviva Premiership Player Profile
- England profile
- Standard Article - Colston's are in a class all of their own
- Bath Chronicle - Claassens praises composed sub Davis
- Telegraph - Ryan Davis grows into his role as the fairytale becomes hard reality
- Rugbynetwork - Ryan Davis WOW
- Planetrugby - Exeter extend winning run
- Dailymail - Ryan Davis hauls down high flying Sarries as Chiefs claim first away win
- The Guardian - Saracens are stunned as Ryan Davis turns on the style for Exeter
- The Guardian - Davis kicks Bath to play-off date at Leicester