Sam Warburton

Sam Warburton
OBE MStJ
Warburton at the 2012 Grand Slam celebrations
Birth nameSam Kennedy Warburton
Date of birth (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birthCardiff, Wales
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Weight15 st 8 lb (99 kg)[1]
SchoolWhitchurch High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2009 Glamorgan Wanderers 27 (10)
Correct as of 12 September 2009
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2018 Cardiff Rugby 106 (90)
Correct as of 7 April 2017
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)

2007
2008
2009–2017
2013, 2017		 Wales U18
Wales U19
Wales U20
Wales
British & Irish Lions
5
4
74
5
(0)
(5)
(25)
(0)
Correct as of 10 July 2017

Samuel Kennedy-Warburton, OBE MStJ (born 5 October 1988), commonly known as Sam Warburton, is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Warburton played rugby for Cardiff Rugby and was first capped for Wales in 2009.

He usually played as an openside flanker but was also capable of playing at blindside. In June 2011, he was named as Wales captain versus the Barbarians and subsequently in August 2011 he was named as the Wales captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In April 2013, he was named the Lions' captain for the 2013 tour to Australia, and was also named as captain for the 2017 tour to New Zealand.[2][3] Warburton held the record for the most Wales caps as captain (49) until surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones.

In July 2018, the Wales and British & Irish Lions captain announced his retirement from rugby union at 29 years of age after failing to fully recover from neck and back surgery[4]

  1. ^ a b "Wales Senior Squad". www.wru.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Lions 2013: Jonny Wilkinson out but Sam Warburton is captain". BBC Sport. April 2013.
  3. ^ Hayward, Paul (19 April 2017). "Sam Warburton on Lions captaincy call: I thought it was one of the lads playing a prank". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Sam Warburton: Wales and British & Irish Lions captain retires from rugby". BBC Sport. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.