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Jonathan Spratt (born 28 April 1986) is a former Welsh international
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. A centre, he made his debut for the
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on 30 May 2009 as a second-half substitute in a match versus Canada. Spratt is a former playing member of The Legion rugby sevens team and is an honorary Legionnaire – an honour also held by his older brother
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. In 2008, Spratt signed with
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to play in the
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. In May 2011 Spratt joined
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from the
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and in July 2012 he rejoined the OspreysSpratt rejoins Ospreys
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1986 births Living people Exeter Chiefs players London Irish players Ospreys (rugby union) players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen People educated at Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School Rugby union players from Neath Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Taranaki rugby union players Rugby union centres {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub