Dave Lewis (born 29 April 1989 in

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) is an English

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footballer, currently playing in the Gallagher Premiership for Harlequins. He plays as a

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Personal life

He was educated at St Michael's Tawstock,

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and finally at

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. Lewis grew up in Barnstaple and played for Barnstaple at youth level.

Club career

Lewis was a product of the academy system at

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when they were playing in the

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, Lewis joined Gloucester in 2007. Lewis' first appearance for

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was in the 07/08 season at home to

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when he came on for 7 minutes. His breakthrough season was the 08/09 season. He made 11 appearances and just as he was starting to establish himself in the starting line up he suffered an injury (broken leg) at home to

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in January. He returned to the Gloucester side for the final game of the season at London Wasps before joining up with the England under 20s for the Under 20s World Cup in Japan. From then he has been a prominent player for Gloucester but has had to battle with Rory Lawson for the scrum-half berth at Kingsholm. It was announced on 14 February 2013 that Lewis would be rejoining Exeter Chiefs from the 2013–14 season. On 8 January 2015, Lewis signed a two-year contract extension with Exeter until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 6 February 2017, Lewis signed for Premiership rivals Harlequins from the 2017–18 season.

International career

On 25 January 2014, Lewis made his international debut for

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, as a replacement, losing to

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at 8–14.

References

External links

Gloucester Rugby profileExeter Chiefs profile
1989 births Living people People educated at Blundell's School English rugby union players Gloucester Rugby players Birmingham Moseley Rugby players Rugby union players from Manchester Rugby union scrum-halves People educated at Ivybridge Community College {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub