Sam Cross
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Sam Cross (born 26 August 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Wales and club rugby for the Newcastle Falcons as a flanker. Cross is an experienced rugby sevens player and has turned out for the Wales Sevens team in over a hundred matches, as well as captaining the side at 24 years old. Cross was a part of Team GB at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio winning a silver medal. Cross was selected for the Wales national team in 2017 with a substitution debut against Australia. He was later selected for his first international start a few months later against Georgia and selected in the following Six Nations squad in 2018. Cross represented the Ospreys 71 times between 2017 - 2023. Cross has also represented The Barbarians in 2023.
Date of birth | (1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Abergavenny, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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