Dai Young (rugby player)

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David "Dai" Young (born 26 July 1967) is a former Welsh rugby union and rugby league player . He gained 51 caps for the Wales national rugby union team and 3 for the British Lions. He was a prop. He is now coach of Cardiff Blues. Born in Aberdare in 1967 Young went on to play Rugby Union at club level for Swansea and Cardiff and for the Leeds and Salford clubs in the Rugby League code. Young's 51 caps are a Welsh record for props and he is the only man to have toured with the British Lions in three separate decades: 1989, 1997 and 2001.

One of Young's nicknames was "Live Fast" (i.e. "Live Fast, Dai/Die Young")

[edit] External links

• http://statistics.scrum.com/rugby_stats_05.asp?ID=WYO3

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Forwards:	Back • Wallace • Dallaglio • Davidson • Hill • Johnson(c) • Leonard • Miller • Quinnell • Regan • Rodber • Rowntree • Shaw • Smith • Wainwright • Weir • Williams • Wood • Young
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Coach:	McGeechan & Telfer

v • d • e British and Irish Lions - 2001 Australia tour
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Coach:	Henry