Daniel Caprice (born 20 October 1989 in

Chatham, Kent Chatham ( ) is a town within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. In 2020 it had a population of 80,596. Th ...

) is a retired

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player who last played as

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and fullback for

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, after gaining promotion from ...

in the Aviva Premiership. Dan began playing rugby aged 8 at Medway Rugby Club, Rochester. He moved on to Maidstone RFC aged 10, where he played as Wing. Dan left Chatham Grammar School for Boys in 2006 to take up the Findlay Sports Scholarship at

Sevenoaks School Sevenoaks School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school. It is co-educational, a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, located in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. Established in 1432, it ...

in Kent. Dan left Sevenoaks School with an

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Diploma. He trained full-time with the Saracens Academy. Dan Caprice scored for

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in their draw against the

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. Caprice also helped

claim their first trophy in the Plate competition of the

Middlesex Sevens The Middlesex Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England until 2011. It was first held in 1926, and started by Dr J.A. Russell-Cargill, a London-based Scot.Bath, ''Scotland Rugby Miscellany'', p82 T ...

. Caprice scored 3 tries in Blackheath's 85–24 win over Waterloo. On 23 June 2011, Caprice signed for French

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side

Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Iparralde, Basque city of Biarritz in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...

. Caprice left Biarritz in the last year of his contract and moved to New Zealand in 2012 where he signed with

ITM Cup ITM may stand for: Education * ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University * ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India * Institut Teknologi Mara, a public university in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia * Institute for Information, Tel ...

side Northland. He returned to the UK in November 2012 and joined

. In 2016, Caprice trialled with

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. He entered as a contestant on

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reality TV show The NRL Rookie.

References

External links

Image at gettyimages

IRB Hong Kong Sevens 2009

RFU England Sevens Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caprice, Daniel 1989 births Living people Biarritz Olympique players Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England English rugby union players London Welsh RFC players Male rugby sevens players Participants in Australian reality television series People educated at Sevenoaks School Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rugby union players from Chatham, Kent English expatriate rugby union players in France