Sam Beard

For other people named Sam Beard, see Sam Beard (disambiguation).
Sam Beard
Date of birth (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990
Place of birth Timaru, New Zealand
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013–2016
2016–
Edinburgh
Newport Gwent Dragons
32
0
(5)
(0)
correct as of 27 April 2015.
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Bay of Plenty 8 (0)
correct as of 2 November 2013.

Sam Beard (born 3 May 1990 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is Centre. He currently plays for Newport Gwent Dragons in the Pro 12 league.

Career

Beard moved to Christchurch as a young player to pursue a career in rugby and kicked off matters in earnest with Burnside's championship-winning team.

He was then called up to the provincial Canterbury B team and, after an impressive season in which he was named player of the year, was brought into the Crusader Knights, the development squad of Super Rugby giants Crusaders.[1]

Bay of Plenty then offered the midfielder the next step on the provincial ladder, where he played out his first season before being approached in 2013 to join Edinburgh in Scotland.[2]

Having made his initial appearances for the team from the replacements' bench, Beard started a match for the first time on 28 February 2014, during which he ran in Edinburgh's second try in a victory over Ospreys.[3]

Beard is currently contracted to Edinburgh until 2016, having signed a contract extension at the end of his first season with the club.[4] On 22 February 2016, Beard signed a two-year deal with Welsh region Newport Gwent Dragons from the 2016–17 season.[5]

Rugby Statistics

As of 28 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2015–16 Edinburgh 2 2 0 121 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2014–15 Edinburgh 20 16 4 1237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Edinburgh 13 4 9 468 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 35 22 13 1826 2 0 0 0 10 0 0

References

  1. http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,3826_8961981,00.html
  2. "Sam Beard". Edinburgh Rugby. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  3. "Edinburgh 31 - 25 Ospreys". BBC Sport. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  4. . BBC Sport. 18 June 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27904174. Retrieved 22 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Edinburgh centre Sam Beard signs for Newport Gwent Dragons". Sky Sports. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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