Barry Davies

Who is Barry Davies?

Barry Davies is a Welsh rugby union footballer. Davies has also been capped by Wales at international level. His usual position is at full back.

Davies joined Llanelli as a 19-year-old from Carmarthen Athletic. He has since made over 100 appearances for Llanelli and the Llanelli Scarlets. During his career at Stradey Park he became the region's top try scorer, racking up 37 tries in his lengthy stay at the region.

Davies was first included in the Welsh squad in 2004, for a series of mid-year tests, after scoring a memorable try for the Scarlets against Northampton Saints in the Heineken Cup pool stages, where the Scarlets needed to win the game to qualify for the quarter-finals, which they accomplished. This try provoked reaction all over the Welsh Rugby world and earned Davies a Wales call up. Unfortunately, he was an unused bench replacement in a match against Argentina on June 19.

He made his debut for Wales in early 2006, during the Six Nations that year. He came off the bench in a match against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, which Wales lost 31–5.

It came to light quite late in his Llanelli Scarlets career that Davies was quite a remarkable goal kicker.