Archie Griffin (rugby union)

Archie Griffin
Date of birth (2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight124 kg (273 lb; 19 st 7 lb)[1]
SchoolMarlborough College
UniversityUniversity of Bath
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Bath
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022– Bath 13 (0)
2023 Richmond 1 (5)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 Wales U20 1 (0)
2024– Wales 3 (0)

Archie Griffin (born 24 July 2001) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Bath. Born in Australia, he represents Wales at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.[2][3]

Early life

Griffin was born in Australia but is Welsh-qualified through his parents. He joined the Bath Rugby academy at 13 years-old having also lived in Singapore until the previous year. He attended Cheam, in Berkshire and Marlborough College, in Wiltshire and signed his first professional contract with Bath in February 2019.[4][5]

Club career

Having progressed through the Bath Rugby academy and playing for the University of Bath, Griffin made his senior debut for Bath against Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 26 November 2022.[6] In January 2024, he signed a new three-year contract with Bath.[7]

International career

Having previously represented Wales U18,[8] in January 2024, Griffin was included in the senior Wales squad for the 2024 Six Nations Championship.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Archie Griffin". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Archie Griffin". Its Rugby. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Archie Griffin". wru. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ Thomas, Steffan (29 November 2023). "The next Welsh-qualified rugby players in England Warren Gatland may now target". Walesonline. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ Woolford, Anthony (8 July 2019). "The emerging Welsh rugby talents who have all been given professional rugby contracts in England".
  6. ^ "BATH RUGBY ACADEMY PROP TO DONATE MULLET TO LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Bath prop Griffin signs extended deal". BBC Sport. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  8. ^ "U18 6 Nations Festival: Wales name 6 Exiles in 26-man squad for U18 Festival". nextgenxv. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Six Nations 2024: Dafydd Jenkins to lead Wales as Louis Rees-Zammit heads to NFL". BBC Sport. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.