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| Birth name | Gareth Owen Llewellyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1969-02-27)27 February 1969 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff,Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bryntirion Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Glyn Llewellyn (brother),Max Llewellyn (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gareth Owen Llewellyn (born 27 February 1969), is aWelsh formerrugby union player who gained a record 92 caps forWales as alock. His record for Wales caps was surpassed byGareth Thomas in May 2007. His brother,Glyn Llewellyn, also played international rugby union for Wales. His son,Max Llewellyn, plays forGloucester Rugby.
Llewellyn started his playing career atLlanharan RFC and then moved on to play first class rugby atNeath,Harlequins,Ospreys andNarbonne, and signed forBristol Shoguns at the beginning of the 2005–06 season.
After excelling in the line-out for Neath in their match against the touringNew Zealand All Blacks on 25 October 1989, he made his debut for Wales ten days later against the same opposition and went on to win a total of 92 caps, breaking the record of 87 held byNeil Jenkins in the test againstArgentina on 12 June 2004.
He captained Wales on 7 occasions and appeared in threeRugby World Cups –1995,1999 and2003. He played his last match for Wales in November 2004 against New Zealand. Such was his longevity that he played international rugby in three different decades and under eight different coaches. Following the 2004–05 season, he announced his retirement from international rugby. He was unlucky not to be selected for the Lions squad in 1993 to tour New Zealand.
From the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Llewellyn combined playing with a coaching role at Welsh First Division clubTonmawr.[1] Since the 2009–10 season he is head coach at South West One West side Thornbury RFC working alongside Bristol'sDarren Crompton andRob Higgitt formerly ofBristol Rugby, theScarlets andWorcester RFC.
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