Justin Tipuric

Justin Tipuric
Full name Justin Tipuric
Date of birth (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989
Place of birth Trebanos, Wales
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
School Cwmtawe Community School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007–2011 Aberavon RFC 32 (20)
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009– Ospreys 120 (90)
correct as of 24 January 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008–2009
2011–
2013
Wales U20
Wales
British & Irish Lions
15
46
1
(35)
(20)
(0)
correct as of 26 November 2016.

Justin Tipuric (born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays for Wales as an openside flanker. He plays club rugby for the Ospreys regional team, having previously played for Aberavon RFC. He is of Croatian descent, he got married in Croatia.

In June 2011 he was named in the Wales national rugby union team 45 man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup,[1] but was ultimately left out of the final squad.[2] He made his Wales international debut on 20 August 2011 versus Argentina as a second-half replacement. He was also included in the Wales Rugby Sevens in 10/11.

After his efforts for the Welsh side in the 2013 Six Nations Championship, he was selected by Warren Gatland for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.

He also played in the Rugby World Cup 2015 scoring a try in the win 54-9 against Uruguay national rugby union team

In November of 2016, he was Man of the Match after scoring the final try in Wales' 27-13 defeat of South Africa.

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