Chris Wyatt (rugby union)

Christopher Philip Wyatt (born 10 June 1973^[1][2]) is a Welsh international rugby union player whose career as a lock forward lasted from 1998 to 2003, during which he attained 38 caps for the Wales national rugby union team.

Chris Wyatt

Birth name	Christopher Philip Wyatt
Date of birth	(1973-06-10) 10 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Newport, Wales
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Number 8 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–1994 1994–1996 1996–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2011 2011–2012 Newport Neath Llanelli Scarlets Munster Bourgoin Aix-en-Provence USAP 84 22 30 280 12 21 62 (50) (15) (315) (0) (15) (25) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2003 Wales 38 (10)

Wyatt played club rugby in Wales for Newport RFC and Llanelli RFC before moving to Irish province Munster and French clubs Bourgoin and Aix-en-Provence. His international debut came four days before his 25th birthday in the 6 June 1998 49–11 winning game against Zimbabwe at Harare. He was selected for the Wales squad in the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups and played his last game in the 2 November 2003 53–37 loss to New Zealand during World Cup match in Sydney.

References

1. "Chris Wyatt". ESPN. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
2. "Chris Wyatt". WRFU. Retrieved 4 July 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Chris Wyatt career statistics {photograph included} at sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes
• Munster Profile