:Corey Baldwin
{{short description|Welsh rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Corey Baldwin
| image =
| birth_name = Corey Baldwin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Surrey, England
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| weight = {{convert|99|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}
| school = Ysgol Bro Dinefwr
| university = Swansea
| ru_currentposition =
| ru_currentteam = Scarlets
| position = Outside Centre
Wing
| years1 = 2016–2019
| years2 = 2016–2019
| years3 = 2019
| years4 = 2020–2021
| years5 = 2021–2023
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs1 = Llandovery
| clubs2 = Scarlets
| clubs3 = Llanelli
| clubs4 = Exeter Chiefs
| clubs5 = Scarlets
| clubs6 = Dragons
| apps1 = 17
| apps2 = 18
| apps3 = 1
| apps4 = 5
| apps5 = 9
| apps6 = 5
| points1 = 70
| points2 = 15
| points3 = 0
| points4 = 0
| points5 = 15
| points6 = 5
| ru_clubupdate = 11:23, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
| repyears1 = 2017
| repteam1 = Wales U20
| repcaps1 = 11
| reppoints1 = 20
| ru_ntupdate = 29 October 2017
}}
Corey Baldwin (born 13 October 1998) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons as a winger/centre.
Professional career
Baldwin made his senior debut in 2016 for Llandovery against Bedwas as a replacement.{{Cite web |url=http://www.llandoveryrfc.co.uk/Match/Report/239752 |title=Match Report | Llandovery RFC |access-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172516/http://www.llandoveryrfc.co.uk/Match/Report/239752 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} Just a month later, he made his debut for the Scarlets, scoring a try in the Anglo-Welsh Cup game against the Newport Gwent Dragons.{{Cite web |url=http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/games/11705.php |title=Young Scarlets put up a brave fight at Rodney Parade : Scarlets Rugby |access-date=3 March 2018 |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119185328/http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/games/11705.php |url-status=dead }}
In 2017, Baldwin was named in the Wales U20 squad for the first time.{{Cite web |url=http://www.llandoveryrfc.co.uk/News/Article/48080 |title=17 year old Corey Baldwin named in Wales U20 squad | Llandovery RFC |access-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172618/http://www.llandoveryrfc.co.uk/News/Article/48080 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} Much like his Scarlets debut, Baldwin scored in his first game for the Wales U20s, which was a 65-34 victory over Scotland U20{{Cite web |url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/38229.php#.WfX8jWh-pPY |title=REPORT: Wales score eight tries in record romp : Welsh Rugby Union | 2016 RBS 6 Nations |access-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304115310/http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/38229.php#.WfX8jWh-pPY |archive-date=4 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}
On 2 March 2020, Baldwin joined Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership Rugby competition from the 2020–21 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51705028|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Exeter Chiefs: Gloucester's Aaron Hinkley and Scarlets' Corey Baldwin sign|date=2 March 2020|accessdate=12 March 2020}}
On 3 August 2021, Baldwin returned to his old region Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship ahead of the 2021–22 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58075684|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Corey Baldwin: Young back rejoins Scarlets from Exeter Chiefs|date=3 August 2021|accessdate=8 December 2021}}
Baldwin departed the Scarlets at the end of the 2022–23 season.{{cite news |title=Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Patchell to leave Scarlets at end of season |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65348045 |website=BBC Sport |date=21 April 2023 |accessdate=2 May 2023 }}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.scarlets.wales/person/corey-baldwin Scarlets profile]
{{Dragons RFC squad}}
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Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Surrey
Category:21st-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Exeter Chiefs players
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