Eifion Roberts

Eifion Roberts

Player information
Full name	Eifion Thomas Lewis-Roberts
birthday	February 13, 1981
place of birth	St Asaph , Denbighshire , Wales
Nickname	The Fridge
society
society	Sale Sharks
position	pier
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
? -2005 2005-	Ruthin RFC Sale Sharks	72 (15)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
2008-	Wales	1 (0)
As of April 25, 2009 National team November 14, 2008

Eifion Thomas Lewis-Roberts (born February 13, 1981 in St Asaph , Denbighshire ) is a Welsh rugby union player who is used on the position of the pillar . He plays for the Sale Sharks and has so far been used once for the Welsh national team .

Roberts played as an amateur at Ruthin RFC in Wales until 2005 and was also a farmer in his hometown until he moved to the English professional league Guinness Premiership in 2005 . After a few seasons, he was first accepted into the ranks of the Welsh national team by Warren Gatland in November 2008 and made his debut in the game against Canada . Due to the tour of the British and Irish Lions some regular players are missing in the summer of 2009, so that he was nominated again for the squad. However, he cannot participate due to an injury.

Due to his stature and his weight of over 130 kg, he was nicknamed The Fridge (the refrigerator), in allusion to the American football player William Perry .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wales prop to miss tour. (No longer available online.) Planet Rugby, May 22, 2009, formerly the original ; accessed on May 22, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ Rob Wildman: Sale giant Eifion Roberts starts punching his weight. Daily Telegraph, September 30, 2008, accessed May 12, 2009 . 

Web links

• Profile at the Sale Sharks
• National team statistics