David Bishop (rugby player born 1983)

David Bishop

Personal information
Full name	David Bishop
Date of birth	22 September 1983
Place of birth	Church Village, Wales
Height	189 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	16.7 st (105 kg)
School	Treorchy Comprehensive School
University	University of Wales Institute Cardiff
Relatives	Andrew Bishop
Club information
Position	Centre
Current club	Jersey Rugby Football
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) Wales U-21
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2005–2009 2009–2010 2010 2010–11 2011-12 2012- Treorchy Bridgend Warriors Ospreys Sale Edinburgh Jersey 22 (20) 15 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 6 (0) 30 (12)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

David Bishop (born 22 September 1983) is a former Wales rugby union footballer who plays at centre.

Bishop attended Treorchy Comprehensive School Treorchy Comprehensive from September 1995 to July 2002. His brother Andrew, is also a rugby union centre and has played for the Wales national rugby union team.

He joined the Ospreys in 2004 after the disbandment of the Celtic Warriors and played in 22 games, scoring 4 tries altogether. This earned him a call up to the national team but soon after suffered a serious knee injury in a game against Munster. In 2009 he joined Sale Sharks and in August 2010 he joined Newport Gwent Dragons^[1] for a short spell before signing a 5 months contract with Edinburgh Rugby.In 2011 David joined Jersey RFC helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship.

Honours

• Wales Schools
• Wales U18
• Wales U21
• Wales Training Squad

References

1. Bishop joins Dragons

External links

• Ospreys profile