Adi Taviner

Abi Taviner
Date of birth (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthNeath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Occupation(s)Lifeguard
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Neath Athletic ()
– Skewen RFC ()
– Ospreys ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2017 Wales

Abi Taviner (born 20 February 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player who has played centre wing for Ospreys Women's and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap in 2011, in a match against New Zealand at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, and her first international try came against Ireland the following year.

Biography

Taviner's birth was on 20 February 1990 in Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales.[1][2] According to her biography page on the Welsh Rugby Union and Eurosport, she is listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) with a weight of 67 kg (10.6 st),[1][2] and plays either as a centre wing or a full back.[1][3] Outside of rugby, Taviner works as a lifeguard at Village Urban Resorts Swansea,[4] and also plays badminton and table tennis.[1]

She began playing rugby when she was a 14-year-old student at Llangatwg School in Aberdulais, and has played the sport for the West Wales, Welsh Students, Wales Sevens and various national teams.[4] Taviner played for the Wales national under-20 rugby union team and she captained the nation to victory over England during the 2009–2010 campaign.[1][5] At the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in London, she got her first international cap for the Wales women's national team in a match against New Zealand and went on to play in multiple Women's Six Nations Championship campaigns,[5] as well as the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup held in France in a surprise recall to the national side.[6] She won 25 international caps before turning 26 years old,[5] one of which was against the UK Armed Forces at the Cardiff Arms Park on 11 November 2015.[7]

Taviner scored her first career international try in a match against Ireland at Pandy Park in 2011.[1] At club level, she has played for Neath Athletic, Skewen RFC and captained the Ospreys Women's team.[1][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Adi Taviner". Welsh Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Adi Taviner". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ospreys Women dominate national selection". Ospreys Rugby. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Lifeguard by day, Adi Taviner will be hoping to keep Wales Women's Six Nations title hopes afloat in the south of France on Saturday night". South Wales Evening Post. 26 February 2015. p. 70. Retrieved 3 April 2021 – via Gale OneFile: News.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ospreys Women – 3 to Watch". Ospreys. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Taviner, Hale and Taylor make Wales Women 2014 World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Wales Women Team Announced for UK Armed Forces Clash". S4C. 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2021.