LW 22: Adrian Davies

This weeks guest, is former Director of Coaching at London Welsh; Adrian Davies.  Adrian was a talented sportsman who can turn his hand to many sports and represented Wales at age grade Football and Rugby.  As an 18 year old, he played a season at Neath RFC with other former London Welsh stalwarts, Rowland Phillips and Lyn Jones before he went to Cambridge University.  A four time Cambridge blue, who played at a packed out Twickenham when both sides were stacked with Internationals.  He then spent 6 years at Cardiff RFC, combining rugby and working life; before he was one of the first ever professional players in the UK and signed for Richmond RFC. Three eventful seasons at Richmond and that was his playing career over and Adrian went into Coaching, with a few months coaching Esher RFC, before he was offered the role at London Welsh. Five years coaching the club in Tier 2 and you can quite clearly hear the pride and passion Adrian has for the club and the array of fantastic characters he inspired each week to turn out for London Welsh.  This episode is jam packed with plenty of stories from his rugby career including his Welsh International experience and his thoughts on Professional rugby.  The club are lucky that Adrian is still involved inspiring the next generation of players in our U15's and U16's on Sunday mornings' and still attends our matches at Old Deer Park to catch up with the crew. Adrian is back where it all began and is working as a Surveyor;  as a Director of Client Care for Paragon Building Consultancy Ltd. Grab a cuppa and sit down to enjoy time this bumper episode with a great chap who has played a big part in our history. This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD. Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - info@lwdltd.co.uk