Dan Watchurst

Dan Watchurst
Personal information
Full name Dan Watchurst
Date of birth (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
School Colston's School
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
University UWIC
Youth clubs
YearsClub
2008–2009Newport Gwent Dragons
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
2009–2013NG Dragons02 0(0)
Representative teams**
2008
2009–
Wales U18
Wales U20
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 1 January 2010.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 1 January 2010.

Dan Watchurst (born 15 March 1990, Bristol) is a former Welsh rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He captained the Wales under-20 national team.

A prop forward, Watchurst previously played for Ebbw Vale RFC, Bedwas RFC, Pontypool RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons Under-20 regional team. He made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons senior team versus Sale Sharks on 6 November 2009.

On 22 December 2009, he was named in the Wales Under 20 Squad for the 2010 Under-20 Six Nations tournament.[1] On 1 February 2010, Watchurst was named as captain for the first two matches of the tournament.[2] In May 2010, he was named as Wales Under-20 captain for the Junior World Cup in Argentina in June 2010.[3]

Watchurst retired from rugby at the end of the 2012-13 season due to recurring injury.

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