Chris Knight (born 28 February 1991) is a

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player. He is currently a member of the 2015–16 Wales sevens squad as a winger. After scoring 14 tries in his first full season for

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RFC in the Principality Premiership, Knight made his debut for Wales on the HSBC World Series in the penultimate round of the 2012–13 season. He scored five tries in his first two tournaments and was rewarded with his first professional contract with Wales sevens and the

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for the 2013–14 season. In June 2014, he joined the

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. Originally formed in 1876, from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the Cardiff Blues before rebranding back ...

. He has a very hard head.

Education

Knight was educated at

Bishop Gore School The Bishop Gore School () is a secondary school in Swansea in Wales, founded on 14 September 1682 by Hugh Gore (1613–1691), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated in Sketty, close to Singleton Park and Swansea University. In Decem ...

between 2001 and 2009.

International sevens

Knight has represented Wales playing in 10 tournaments on the

IRB Sevens World Series The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World ...

, scoring 20 tries. Knight was also a member of Wales

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team playing in all 4 matches and scoring 2 tries.

References

External links

Wales sevens profile
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Llandovery profile

Scarlets profile

Cardiff Blues profile
1991 births Living people Alumni of the University of Reading Welsh rugby union players Scarlets players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Llandovery RFC players Male rugby sevens players Cardiff Rugby players Rugby union players from Swansea {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub