Josh Macleod (born 27 October 1996) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the

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 the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...

as a back-rower. He has been capped for both Wales U20 and

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Club career

Macleod made his debut for the Scarlets Under 16s in the 2012–13 season, followed soon after by the Wales U16 squad, while attending

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. He subsequently played for

Crymych RFC Crymych Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Crymych) is a rugby union team from the village of Crymych in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. History Crymych RFC is ...

. Macleod made his debut for

Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) 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 Pembe ...

against

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in September 2015. After making a further 3 appearances that season, scoring two tries in the process, Macleod went on to make his Scarlets debut against

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. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Macleod was voted the Scarlets ‘D Machine’ which meant he was voted their best defensive player.

International career

Macleod repsented the Wales U20 team in 2016, making 3 appearances for them. On 6 October 2020 Macleod was named in the senior

squad for the 2020

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. Macleod was injured prior to the campaign and did not play. On 20 January he was named in the senior Wales squad for the 2021 Six Nations campaign. He was named in the Wales team to play Scotland, but was injured in training and unable to make his debut. Macleod was named in the Wales squad for the 2022 Autumn series. On 19 November 2022, Macleod made his long awaited debut, starting at Number 8 against

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References

External links

WRU profile

Scarlets profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macleod, Josh 1996 births Living people Welsh rugby union players Rugby union flankers Llanelli RFC players Scarlets players Wales international rugby union players