Alex Davis (rugby union)
Full name | Alexander Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander "Alex" Davis (born 3 October 1992) is an English rugby union player. He plays for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team having previously represented the England national rugby sevens team.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]Davis was born in Gloucester but grew up in Bristol, where he attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school in Clifton. He was also a keen cricketer in his youth, combining cricket with rugby union. He played for England in rugby union at under-16 and under-18 level, as well as representing Gloucestershire at cricket.[2][3] He later attended Loughborough University.[4] He returned to his old school in Bristol and coached rugby union during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 after the dissolution of the England rugby sevens programme.[2]
Rugby career
[edit]Davis made his debut for the England national rugby sevens team in 2014, making his World Series Sevens debut at the Australia Sevens that year. He scored his first international try at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town in 2015.[3] He featured at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5]
He was selected for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil but was ruled out from appearing after suffering an ankle injury in training at the pre-Games camp.[6] Two years later, he was named as captain for the England squad that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[5][3] He was then also part of the team that won the silver medal at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco in the United States.[3][7] He was part of the Team GB squad that placed fourth overall at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in 2021.[3] He was named captain of the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[8]
He played as part of the GB sevens team at the men’s Olympic qualification repechage tournament in Monaco in June 2024.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex competed at his first ever multi-sporting international tournament at Gold Coast 2018, having missed out on Glasgow 2014 and being ruled out of the 2016 Olympic Games through injury". teamengland.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ a b Cole, James (20 July 2021). "England 7s can get to Tokyo Games through crowdfunding, says Alex Davis". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Shepard, Kit (15 July 2022). "Who is Alex Davis: Ten things you should know about the England sevens back". Rugby World. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ Harvey, Joe (14 September 2020). "Exclusive: Alex Davis on the England Sevens start-up". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Alex Davis". Teamengland.org. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Alex Davis forced out of GB Rugby Sevens squad through injury". BBC Sport. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens: England name squads for the 2018 World Cup in San Francisco". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "England squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens named". www.englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ Ferguson, David (20 June 2024). "Win or bust in Monaco as Great Britain Sevens men hunt Olympic qualification". theoffsideline. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Alex Davis at Team GB
- Alex Davis at Olympics.com
- Alex Davis at Olympedia
- Alex Davis at Team England
- Alexander Davis at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- England international rugby sevens players
- English rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from Gloucester
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- European Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2023 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Great Britain