Leinster Rugby v Dragons
Leinster Rugby v Dragons, Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup | Issue 13 Leinster Rugby Official Matchday Programme Friday 11th June, 2021 | Kick-off: 20:15
Leinster Rugby v Dragons, Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup | Issue 13
Leinster Rugby Official Matchday Programme
Friday 11th June, 2021 | Kick-off: 20:15
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Squad | Positions 2020/21<br />
Director of <strong>Rugby</strong> | Dean Ryan<br />
Dean Ryan was appointed<br />
Director of <strong>Dragons</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> in<br />
May 2019, joining from the RFU<br />
where he had been working as<br />
England’s Head of International<br />
Player Development.<br />
Ryan’s coaching career began at Bristol<br />
<strong>Rugby</strong>, the last club he played for in a<br />
career that included stints at Saracens,<br />
Wasps and Newcastle Falcons as well as<br />
making six appearances for England.<br />
From Bristol, he moved to Gloucester<br />
where he worked under Nigel Melville.<br />
He eventually graduated to Director of<br />
<strong>Rugby</strong> at Gloucester in 2005 and the<br />
Cherry and Whites lifted the European<br />
Challenge Cup in 2006 before reaching<br />
the Premiership Final in 2007.<br />
He also guided Worcester Warriors back<br />
to the top tier of English rugby in 2014.<br />
Captain | Rhodri Williams<br />
Wales international scrum<br />
half Rhodri Williams moved to<br />
<strong>Dragons</strong> in the summer of 2018<br />
from Bristol Bears.<br />
Born in Swansea, Williams started his<br />
rugby career with Llandovery before<br />
winning selection for Scarlets where he<br />
would play between 2011 and 2016.<br />
Williams won Wales Under-20 honours<br />
in the 2013 Six Nations. He went on to<br />
make his full senior Wales debut against<br />
Tonga on November 2013.<br />
Williams represented the Barbarians<br />
against England at Twickenham in<br />
May 2018 and again in the summer of<br />
2019, scoring a second half try as a<br />
replacement.<br />
FORWARDS<br />
DYLAN BARTLETT<br />
PROP<br />
TAINE BASHAM<br />
FLANKER<br />
JAMES BENJAMIN<br />
NO. 8<br />
RYAN BEVINGTON<br />
PROP<br />
LEON BROWN<br />
PROP<br />
CHRIS COLEMAN<br />
PROP<br />
JOSEPH DAVIES<br />
LOCK<br />
ELLIOT DEE<br />
HOOKER<br />
TOM DEVINE<br />
PROP<br />
LEWIS EVANS<br />
BACK ROW<br />
LLOYD FAIRBROTHER<br />
PROP<br />
BEN FRY<br />
BACK ROW<br />
LENNON GREGGAINS<br />
BACK ROW<br />
OLLIE GRIFFITHS<br />
BACK ROW<br />
BROK HARRIS<br />
PROP<br />
RICHARD HIBBARD<br />
HOOKER<br />
AARON JARVIS<br />
PROP<br />
HARRISON KEDDIE<br />
NO. 8<br />
CONOR MAGUIRE<br />
PROP<br />
JOE MAKSYMIW<br />
LOCK<br />
ROSS MORIARTY<br />
BACK ROW<br />
BRANDON NANSEN<br />
LOCK<br />
JOSH REYNOLDS<br />
PROP<br />
MATTHEW SCREECH<br />
LOCK<br />
ELLIS SHIPP<br />
HOOKER<br />
HUW TAYLOR<br />
LOCK<br />
AARON<br />
WAINWRIGHT<br />
BACK ROW<br />
MAX WILLIAMS<br />
LOCK<br />
LUKE YENDLE<br />
PROP<br />
BACKS<br />
DAN BABOS<br />
SCRUM HALF<br />
LUKE BALDWIN<br />
SCRUM HALF<br />
SAM DAVIES<br />
FLY HALF<br />
JACK DIXON<br />
CENTRE<br />
RIO DYER<br />
WINGER<br />
CONNOR EDWARDS<br />
CENTRE<br />
JOE GOODCHILD<br />
WINGER<br />
THOMAS GRIFFITHS<br />
CENTRE<br />
ASHTON HEWITT<br />
WINGER<br />
JONAH HOLMES<br />
WINGER<br />
DAFYDD HOWELLS<br />
WINGER<br />
OWEN JENKINS<br />
WINGER<br />
WILL KELLY<br />
FLY HALF<br />
TAVIS KNOYLE<br />
SCRUM HALF<br />
JOSH LEWIS<br />
FLY HALF<br />
EVAN LLOYD<br />
CENTRE<br />
ANEURIN OWEN<br />
CENTRE<br />
CARWYN PENNY<br />
FLY HALF<br />
JAMIE ROBERTS<br />
CENTRE<br />
ARWEL ROBSON<br />
FLY HALF<br />
JARED ROSSER<br />
WINGER<br />
DEON SMITH<br />
WINGER<br />
WILL TALBOT-DAVIES<br />
FULL BACK<br />
NICK TOMPKINS<br />
CENTRE<br />
ADAM WARREN<br />
CENTRE<br />
JORDAN WILLIAMS<br />
FLY HALF<br />
RHODRI WILLIAMS<br />
SCRUM HALF<br />
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