Aaron Jarvis (rugby union)

{{short description|Wales international rugby union footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Aaron Jarvis

| image = Aaron Jarvis.png

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| birth_name = Aaron Ronald Jarvis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Exeter, England

| height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|117|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}

| occupation = Assistant coach

| school = [[Honiton

Community College]]{{cite web|title=Ivybridge.devon.sch.uk|url=https://www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk/page/?title=Rugby&pid=48|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035155/https://www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk/page/?title=Rugby&pid=48|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Plymouthsportsgazette.com|date=5 July 2016|url=https://plymouthsportsgazette.com/2016/07/05/wales-prop-jarvis-returns-to-his-roots-at-tamar-saracens/}}

| university = University of Bath

| spouse =

| children =

| relatives =

| ru_currentposition =

| ru_currentteam =

| ru_position = Tighthead/Loosehead Prop

| years1 = 2006–2011 | clubs1 = Bath

| years2 = 2011–2016 | clubs2 = Ospreys

| years3 = 2016–2018 | clubs3 = Clermont

| years4 = 2018–2021 | clubs4 = Dragons

| apps1 = 50 | points1 = 5

| apps2 = 98 | points2 = 0

| apps3 = 40 | points3 = 10

| apps4 = 40 | points4 = 0

| ru_clubupdate = 13 October 2022

| repyears1 = 2012–2016

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 18

| reppoints1 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 13 October 2022

| coachyears1 =2021-

| coachteams1 = Dallas Jackals

}}

Aaron Jarvis (born 20 May 1986) is a former Wales international rugby union player. A prop forward he had previously played for the Dragons, ASM Clermont Auvergne,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35724183|title=Pro12: Ospreys lose prop Aaron Jarvis to Clermont|date=2016-03-04|publisher=BBC Sport|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-21}} Ospreys and Bath. He was an assistant coach for the Dallas Jackals in the Major League Rugby (MLR).{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasjackals.com/news/dallas-jackals-add-former-premiership-aaron-jarvis-as-assistant-coach/|title=Dallas Jackals Add Former Premiership Aaron Jarvis as Assistant Coach}}

In February 2011, it was announced that Jarvis had signed for the Ospreys for the 2011–12 season.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/ospreys/9394216.stm Ospreys capture Bath prop Jarvis]

Jarvis joined the Dragons for the 2018–19 season. He retired at the end of 2021 to take up a coaching position for the Dallas Jackals.

Jarvis departed from Dallas Jackals along with other coaching and management staff further to an ownership change in 2022.

Jarvis became Head of Rugby at Ivybridge Community and Forwards Coach at Plymouth Albion.{{Cite web|url=https://plymouthalbion.com/aaron-jarvis-signs-two-year-deal|title=Aaron Jarvis signs two year deal}}

International

Jarvis is eligible to represent Wales as his grandmother was born in Wales. In October 2012 Jarvis was named in the 35 man Wales squad for the Autumn international series.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/20021310 Jarvis in Wales Squad] He made his international debut on 10 November 2012 against Argentina in Cardiff.

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