David Pickering (rugby union)

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

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| name = David Pickering

| image =

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| birth_name = David Francis Pickering

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Briton Ferry, Wales

| height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|14|st|10|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| position = Flanker

| amatteam1 = Llanelli RFC

| amatyears1 = 1978-1988

| amatapps1 = 207

| amatpoints1 = 160

| amatteam2 = Neath RFC

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| ru_amclubpoints =

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| repteam1 = Wales

| repyears1 = 1983–1987

| repcaps1 = 23

| reppoints1 = 12

}}

David Francis Pickering (born 16 December 1960)[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/9558.html Dai Pickering player profile] Scrum.com is a rugby union administrator, coach and former player who played as a flanker for Llanelli RFC and Neath RFC. He played for Llanelli for a decade making over 200 appearances and scored 40 tries. He won 23 caps for the Wales national team between 1983 and 1987, and captained the national team on eight occasions.

Pickering went on to coach Neath RFC for five years before becoming Team Manager of the Wales A team and subsequently the Wales national team. He later became Chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), the board of the Millennium Stadium and a member of the International Rugby Board Council. He spent 5 years as Director of the Rugby World Cup. A recent profile noted that he nearly died playing against Fiji.{{Cite web |first=Simon |last=Thomas |title=David Pickering, the ex-rugby boss who could have died playing for Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/man-who-could-died-playing-18384616 |website=Wales Online |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=30 January 2024 }}