Dave Scully Explained

Dave Scully
Birth Name:David Scully
Birth Date:1965 8, df=y
Birth Place:Doncaster, England
Weight:76 kg
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Ru Currentteam:Wheatley Hills RUFC
Ru Clubyears: 
Ru Proclubs:Wakefield
Rotherham
Otley
Doncaster
Sheffield Tigers
Repsevensyears1:1993
Repsevensteam1:England
Repsevenscomp1:1993 WC 7s

David Scully (born 7 August 1965) is an English rugby union former player who was part of the England 7's squad that won the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens in which he won the ‘moment of the tournament' for a crunching tackle on Fijian Mesake Rasari.

Playing career

Dave Scully started his career at his local club of Wheatley Hills before joining Wakefield RFC in 1986.It was at Wakefield that he came to prominence, playing for Yorkshire, North of England (captaining them against the All Blacks in 1993), Barbarians, England B and England 7's. However, he never played for the full England side.

He left Wakefield in 1998 to join Rotherham before moving onto Otley, then Doncaster and Sheffield Tigers. His current club is Wheatley Hills.

He has made over 350 league appearances [1] and is in a small group of players to score 100 league tries.[2]

Scully is a full-time fire fighter.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DRFC Doncaster Rugby Football Club Official Website . 6 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120085542/http://www.drfc.co.uk/News/Article1023.htm . 20 November 2008 . dead .
  2. Web site: The 100 Club : International Rugby News . 6 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081021053208/http://internationalrugbynews.co.uk/from-the-vault/the-100-club.html . 21 October 2008 . dead .