| Lou Reed | |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
| Height: | 6feet |
| Weight: | 18st |
| Spouse: | Kelly Reed |
| Children: | Monty Lou Reed |
| Position: | Lock |
| Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs1: | Rotherham |
| Province1: | Scarlets |
| Province2: | Cardiff Blues |
| Province3: | Sale Sharks |
| Provinceyears1: | 2006–12 |
| Provinceyears2: | 2012-16 |
| Provinceyears3: | 2016-17 |
| Provinceapps1: | 109 |
| Provinceapps2: | 40 |
| Provincepoints1: | 5 |
| Provincepoints2: | 5 |
| Repteam1: | Wales |
| Repyears1: | 2012– |
| Repcaps1: | 5 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Ru Ntupdate: | 15 June 2013 (UTC) |
Lou Reed (born 10 September 1987) is a Welsh international rugby union footballer. He previously played as a lock for Sale Sharks in the Premiership league. Reed is currently working as a representative for Heraeus Medical in South Wales, although occasionally still plays rugby in his free time.
Reed signed for the Scarlets on a professional development contract in March 2006,[1] but only made five appearances in the 2006–07 season. In order to gain some experience of first-team rugby, Reed was loaned to Rotherham for a month in December 2007.[2]
In May 2012 the press announced that Reed would join Cardiff Blues, and the move was confirmed on 8 June.[3]
In June 2011 he was named in the Wales national rugby union team 45 man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[4] Reed made his full international debut for Wales versus Scotland on 12 February 2012 as a second-half replacement.