Colin Charvis

Colin Charvis
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Colin Charvis
Personal information
Full name	Colin Lloyd Charvis
Date of birth	December 27, 1972 (1972-12-27) (age 36)
Place of birth	Sutton Coldfield
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)
Weight	18 st 4 lbs (116 kg)
School	Queen Mary's Grammar School University of Birmingham
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker or No. 8
Clubs		Caps	(points)
?-1995 1995-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-present	London Welsh Swansea Tarbes Newcastle Falcons Newport Gwent Dragons	44 26	(30) (15)

National team(s)
1996-present 2001	Welsh Exiles Wales Students Wales Under-21 Wales A Wales Lions	94 2	(110) (0)

Colin Charvis (born December 27, 1972 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays club rugby for Newport Gwent Dragons and internationally for the Wales national rugby union team. He plays on the back row, either as a flanker or as the no. 8.

1 Early life
2 1995-2003: Swansea
3 2003-2007
4 2007-present: Player-coach
5 References
6 External links

Early life

Charvis was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham on December 27, 1972. His father Lloyd was a Jamacian who had emigrated to England and served in the Royal Air Force.¹

Charvis began his club career with London Welsh while studying at Polytechnic of Central London. He stayed at the club until 1995, when he moved to Swansea RFC.¹

1995-2003: Swansea

His first cap for Wales was in 1996 against Australia: he went on to become team captain for a period and toured Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001.

Charvis in action against England

He remained with Swansea until changes in the Welsh club structure saw him without a contract in the period of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

2003-2007

He moved briefly to Tarbes in France and then to Newcastle Falcons in England whom he also captained.

Charvis's contract with the Falcons was not renewed at the end of the 2005-6 season. He was subsequently picked up by the Newport Gwent Dragons.

He was the victim of alleged racial abuse on February 16, 2007, while playing in Ulster.

Colin became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24th November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Colin Charvis joined the Dragons in 2006 on a one-year contract. He made his debut for the club in August in a pre-season friendly against the Cornish Pirates. His former clubs include London Welsh, Swansea, the Newcastle Falcons and French side Tarbes. Charvis has scored 20 tries for his country, making him the leading try scorer among all Welsh forwards. He captained Wales in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and also featured in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Charvis also has 2 caps for the British and Irish Lions; both appearances were against Australia in 2001. Further representative honours include Wales Students, Wales U21 and Wales A.

After appearances against England, Scotland, Ireland and Italy in the 2006 RBS Six Nations Charvis had a spell away from the international scene. However, his blistering form for the Dragons throughout the 2006–2007 season saw him named in Gareth Jenkins's touring squad to Australia in May 2007.

He appeared in both Tests and following the tour, Charvis was named in Gareth Jenkins's 41-man preliminary Rugby World Cup 2007 summer training squad. He made the final 30-man squad in August after playing in the Test against England and made substitute appearances in both Invesco Perpetual Summer Series matches against Agentina and France.

Charvis made a try-scoring substitute appearance in Wales's opening Pool B match against Canada, and made the starting line-ups for the remaining Pool clashes with Australia, Japan and Fiji.

In November 2007 Wales Caretaker Coach Nigel Davies included Charvis in his starting line-up for the inaugural Prince William Cup clash with South Africa. Despite the 34-12 defeat to the reigning world champions Charvis scored his 22nd try for his country in the clash, becoming the world's top forward try-scorer to date.

2007-present: Player-coach

References

^ ^a ^b Glover, Tim (1999-03-14). "Rugby Union: Henry turns Charvis into a main chancer". The Independent.

External links

v • d • e Newport Gwent Dragons – current squad

Forwards	Daly • Crawford • S. Jones • Black • R. Thomas • Gustafson • Robinson • Wilkes • Harrison • Corsi • Lyon • A. Jones • Sidoli • Hall • Charteris • Bearman • Charvis • Parks • Ringer • Harris • Lydiate • Owen • Fitisemanu • L. Evans

Backs	Williams • Walker • W. Evans • Sweeney • McCarthy • A. Thomas • Smith • Emerick • Dollman • Davies • Maule • Wyatt • Fussell • Chapman • Mustoe • Morgan • M. Thomas

Coach	Turner

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 2001 Australia tour

Forwards	Back • Bulloch • Charvis • Corry • Dallaglio • Davidson • Greening • Grewcock • Hill • Johnson (c) • Leonard • McBryde • Morris • Murray • O'Kelly • Quinnell • Smith • Taylor • Wallace • West • Williams • Wood • Vickery • Young

Backs	Balshaw • Catt • Cohen • Dawson • Gibbs • Greenwood • Healey • Henderson • Howe • Howley • James • Jenkins • Luger • Nicol • O'Driscoll • O'Gara • Perry • Robinson • Taylor • Wilkinson

Coach	Henry

v • d • e Wales squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett • Charvis (c) • Cockbain • Davies • Jenkins • Jones, A. • Jones, Dafydd • Jones, Duncan • Llewellyn • McBryde • Popham • Sidoli • Thomas, I. • Thomas, J. • Williams, M. • Wyatt

Backs	Cooper • Evans • Harris • Jones, M. • Jones, S. • Morgan • Parker • Peel • Shanklin • Sweeney • Taylor • Thomas • Williams, R. • Williams, S.

Coach	Hansen

v • d • e Wales squad - 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett • Charvis • Evans • Gough • Horsman • James, W. • Jenkins, Gethin • Jones, A. • Jones, A. W. • Jones, D. • Owen • Popham • Rees • Thomas, J. • Thomas, R. • Williams, M.

Backs	Cooper • Hook • James, D. • Jones, M. • Jones, S. • Morgan • Parker • Peel • Phillips • Robinson • Shanklin • Sweeney • Thomas, G. (c) • Williams, S.

Coach	Jenkins, Gareth

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