David Wyn Evans (born 1 November 1965) is a former international rugby union player who represented the Wales national team on twelve occasions between 1989 and 1995. He played club rugby for

Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club () is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, shortly after which relocating to Ca ...

and

Treorchy RFC Treorchy Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley, Wales. They formed in 1886 and by 1891 were a strong voice in the Welsh Football Union and were playing in the Rhondda Division. Club histo ...

. Evans joined

in 1984. He made his international début in 1989 against France. He played in all four of Wales' matches during the

1990 Five Nations Championship The 1990 Five Nations Championship was the 61st series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major rugby union national teams in Europe. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 20 January and ...

. Evans was named as part of the

1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup () was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Six Nations Championship, Five Na ...

squad, and played in one game during the tournament, as a replacement fly half against Australia. In 1992, Evans left Cardiff after playing 117 games for the club and joined

. The move seemingly ended his international career, but he was named in Wales'

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup (), was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in ...

squad, and played one final game for the national team during the tournament, against Japan. Evans played 93 games for Treorchy, his last game in 1999.

Personal life

Evans graduated from

University of Wales, Swansea Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

in 1988 with a BSc degree in Management Science. Following his graduation from Swansea, he studied for a diploma in Social Studies from

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

. While at Oxford, he featured in the 1988 Varsity match against Cambridge University, starting in the centre position. Evans worked for Sport Wales as their high performance manager for Elite Cymru between 1991 and 2008. In 2008, Evans joined the

Welsh Government The Welsh Government ( ) is the Executive (government), executive arm of the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of Cabinet secretary, cabinet secretaries and Minister of State, ministers. It is led by the F ...

as their International Sports Events Manager.

References

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