Name Jason Tovey Height 1.80 m | Weight 85 kg | |
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Rhys patchell tackles jason tovey newport gwent dragons v cardiff blues 26th dec 2013
Jason Tovey (born 28 April 1989 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at Fly Half and has represented the Wales under-20 team. One of the most naturally talented players of his generation Jason's career has continued despite being overlooked by warren garland despite many other pundits requests for him to be called up.
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- Rhys patchell tackles jason tovey newport gwent dragons v cardiff blues 26th dec 2013
- Wales u20 jwc leigh halfpenny jason tovey kicking
- Newport RFC
- Newport Gwent Dragons
- Cardiff Blues
- Return to the Dragons
- International
- References
Wales u20 jwc leigh halfpenny jason tovey kicking
Newport RFC
He started his career at the age of 15 playing a full season at fullback for Newport RFC. Previously he played for Risca RFC.
Newport Gwent Dragons
Usually a full back or fly half, Tovey spent two years with the Dragons Academy. He played a full season for Newport RFC at full back at the age of seventeen and was then moved to fly half. Tovey made his debut for Newport Gwent Dragons against the Ospreys in a Celtic League defeat on Friday 25 April 2008 On 22 February 2009 he became the first Dragons player to score a hat-trick of tries in an official match, scoring 23 of the 26 points in the win over Ulster at Rodney Parade.
In May 2010 he was voted Young Player of the Year at the Welsh professional players awards
Cardiff Blues
On 23 March 2012, it was announced that Tovey would move to Cardiff Blues for the 2012–13 season.
Return to the Dragons
Tovey rejoined Newport Gwent Dragons for the start of the 2013–14 season
International
Tovey was called up to the senior Wales squad for the tour of North America in 2009, though he was later cut from the squad and put on stand by. In June 2011 he was named the Wales national rugby union team 45-man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.