Dan Watchurst

Dan Watchurst (born 15 March 1990) is a Welsh former rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. He captained the Wales under-20 national team.

Dan Watchurst

Birth name	Dan Watchurst
Date of birth	(1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School	Colston's School Bristol Cathedral Choir School South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
University	UWIC
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2013 NG Dragons 2 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008 Wales U18 2009–2010 Wales U20 14 (0)

Professional career

A prop forward, Watchurst previously played for Ebbw Vale RFC, Bedwas RFC, Pontypool RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons Under-20 regional team. He made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons senior team versus Sale Sharks on 6 November 2009.

Watchurst was selected for the 2009 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, but missed the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship due to injury.^[1][2]

On 22 December 2009, he was named in the Wales Under 20 Squad for the 2010 Under-20 Six Nations tournament^[3] On 1 February 2010, Watchurst was named as captain for the first two matches of the tournament.^[4]

In May 2010, he was named as Wales Under-20 captain for the Junior World Cup in Argentina in June 2010.^[5] During the tournament, Watchurst suffered an injury which ruled him out of the beginning of the 2010–11 Celtic League.^[6] Watchurst returned to play for Newport RFC, but aggravated his injury on his first match back, against Worcester Warriors.^[7]

Watchurst broke his leg while playing for Newport RFC in December 2011.^[8]

Watchurst returned from injury to play twice for Cross Keys RFC, but ultimately retired from rugby at the end of the 2012–13 season, having failed to fully recover.^[9]