Craig Felston (rugby player)

Craig Felston
Full name Craig Felston
Date of birth (1993-03-24) 24 March 1993
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
School Stamford School
University Kingston University
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half, Centre, Fullback
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2011- 2012 Esher
correct as of 2014 - Stade Domont.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013- Moldova 7 (47)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2013- Moldova 2 tournaments 10 games

Craig Felston (born Peterborough, 24 March 1993) is an English-born Moldovan rugby player. He plays for the Moldovan National rugby team. He is eligible to represent Moldova through his Moldovan born grandfather.

Predominantly a fly-half, but comfortable at inside Centre and Fullback, the former Stamford School pupil played regionally for the East Midlands u18 team in 2010, and as captain of the 2011 East Midlands u19's Sevens team.Performances in these teams earned him a place in the Esher Rugby Club's academy for the 2011-2012 season, where he played in his favoured position of fly-half and went on to be the development team's leading points scorer.

Marked for development at the fly-half role for the club early in the season after some praised performances with the boot[1] and backline organisation, however progress was halted due to the arrival of Fijian international and former Bath player Nicky Little halfway through the season, limiting the opportunities for game time.

After parting ways with Esher to further his studies at Kingston University, Felston was invited for trials with the South East England Students Rugby league team. He was later called up to the Moldovan Sevens team in May 2013 and made his first international appearance in the FIRA-AER Sevens Circuit in Israel later that month, before going on to represent the side at further tournaments. The player was set to be included in the u20's squad for the u20 European Championship in late August 2013 in preparation for the upcoming 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifiers however was injured and missed this tournament. In November 2013 Felston made his debut for the Moldovan senior team against Sweden in the flyhalf position where he scored 10 points in the 50-20 win. He was then selected for their following game against Germany where Moldova were victorious again, beating their opponents 30-15 and Felston scoring 10 points.

Craig Felston went on to score six points (three conversions) against Poland in a 21 - 12 victory on 5 April 2014, eight points (four conversions) during the 28 - 8 victory against Ukraine on 12 April 2014 and two points (one conversion) in the defeat against the Czech Republic, 19 - 37, on 26 April 2014.

From July 2014 Craig Felston has joined Stade Domont, in Federale 2 (level 4 in the French leagues).

References

  1. ↑ "Esher vs Tonbridge Match Report". tjrfc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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