James Bater

James Bater
Personal information
Full name James Bater
Date of birth (1980-01-07) 7 January 1980
Place of birth Bridgend, Wales
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
School Brynteg Comprehensive
Club information
Position Flanker
Current club Llanelli Scarlets
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
1998–2003
2003–2006
2006–2009		Swansea
Ospreys
Llanelli Scarlets		46 (5)
67 (30)
42 (20)
Representative teams**
2003–Wales1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 20:29, 15 March 2009 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 20:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC).

James Bater (born 7 January 1980 in Bridgend, Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who plays as a flanker for Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League.

Bater began his professional rugby career at Swansea RFC, before moving to the Ospreys at the team's inception at the dawn of regional rugby in Wales. In his three years at the Ospreys, Bater made a total of 67 appearances, scoring six tries. However, due to the rise of future Wales captain Ryan Jones and the signings of Filo Tiatia and Jono Gibbes, Bater found himself on the fringes of the first team at the Ospreys. The Scarlets came in with a bid for him, and he was allowed to leave.[1] Bater has managed to make a place for himself in the Scarlets side, and has even captained the team when regular captain, Simon Easterby, and vice-captain, Stephen Jones, are on international duty.

In March 2009 it was announced that Bater had been forced to retire due to a neck injury and hoped to return to dentistry.[2] Bater resumed his career in dentistry and now works for a dental practice in Skewen, Wales. [3]

He attained his only international cap as a replacement against Romania on 27 August 2003.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Scarlets relief at Bater recovery". BBC Sport. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Injury forces Bater to quit rugby". The BBC. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Team". VillageDentalPractice. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  4. ↑ Wales win at last

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