Charlie Davies (born 23 May 1990) is an English

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

scrum half who played for the

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, having joined from

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ahead of the 2015-16 season. Davies began his professional career at

Nottingham RFC Nottingham Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently plays in the RFU Championship, the second tier of English Rugby. The first XV are nicknamed The Archers, in reference to the famous Robin ...

in the

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, making his debut in the 2007–2008 season. In June 2009 he signed for French rugby giants

Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...

and made five first team appearances for the club in the

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. Whilst at Stade Français, Davies was also called up to the

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national side and made one substitute appearance for them during the 2010 U20 Six Nations. In May 2010 it was announced Davies had signed for

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side

. Davies was also named in the

squad for the

IRB Junior World Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an annual international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's juni ...

held in Argentina during June 2010, starting in the 36-21 group stage victory over Ireland and loss to Australia. He was also a replacement in the matches against Argentina and South Africa. Davies made his

debut as a replacement on 10 September 2010 in a 29–17 defeat to

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

. During his debut season at Wasps Davies also played a number of games for his original senior club Nottingham on loan. He was released by the

regional team at the end of the 2017-18 season. On 7 June 2018, it was announced that Davies has signed for the English Premiership side

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

ahead of the 2018-2019 season.

References

External links

RFU England U20 profile

Wasps profile

Dragons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Charlie 1990 births Living people Nottingham R.F.C. players People educated at Birkdale School Dragons RFC players English rugby union players Stade Français Paris players Wasps RFC players English expatriate rugby union players in France