Iwan Shenton is a Welsh

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player who plays as a flanker for

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side

Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c ...

Professional career

Youth and amateur rugby

As a youth player, Shenton played for Tonna RFC and was part of the Ospreys Academy. He also captained Cardiff Met in the

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competition. Shenton played for

Aberavon Aberavon () is a town and community in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. The town derived its name from being near the mouth of the river Afan, which also gave its name to a medieval lordship. Today it is essentially a district of Por ...

in the Indigo Group Premiership. Shenton also played for

Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club () is a Welsh rugby union club founded on 30 March 1872. The club's historic home ground was Stradey Park in Llanelli, but they moved in 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent Pemberton. The club song is " ...

, serving as captain on numerous occasions.

Scarlets

For the 2022–2023 season, Shenton signed for the Scarlets. Shenton made his first appearance in a preseason friendly against

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. He made his competitive debut for the Scarlets in Round 7 of the

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against

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. On 10 March 2023, Shenton started against the Saracens in a friendly, and scored his first try.

Ampthill

In February 2024, Shenton joined

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on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. Shenton made his debut on 24 February 2024 against

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shenton, Iwan 2000 births Living people Scarlets players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Aberavon RFC players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union flankers Llanelli RFC players Ampthill RUFC players