Dave Scully
{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
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| birth_place = Doncaster, England
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| ru_currentteam = Wheatley Hills RUFC
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Sheffield Tigers
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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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212125612/http://www.rwcsevens.com/History/RWC+Reviews/1993.htm ‘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{{Cite web |url=http://www.drfc.co.uk/News/Article1023.htm |title=DRFC Doncaster Rugby Football Club Official Website |access-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120085542/http://www.drfc.co.uk/News/Article1023.htm |archive-date=20 November 2008 |url-status=dead }} and is in a small group of players to score 100 league tries.{{Cite web |url=http://internationalrugbynews.co.uk/from-the-vault/the-100-club.html |title=The 100 Club : International Rugby News |access-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021053208/http://internationalrugbynews.co.uk/from-the-vault/the-100-club.html |archive-date=21 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}
Scully is a full-time fire fighter.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081021053208/http://internationalrugbynews.co.uk/from-the-vault/the-100-club.html Scully joins 100 try club]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120085542/http://www.drfc.co.uk/News/Article1023.htm 350 league appearances]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101114092548/http://www2.doncastertoday.co.uk/knights/knights.htm Doncaster Knights squad]
- [http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/sport/Tigers-look-local-as-they.4461336.jp Scully joins Sheffield Tigers]
{{England 1993 Rugby Sevens World Cup Squad}}
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