Greg Prosser
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| name = Greg Prosser
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| birth_name = Gregory Prosser
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=7}}
| weight = {{convert|114|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| school = Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School{{cite news |title=Cash Crisis Grounds Rugby Starlets |date=7 September 2001 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77936710.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504221410/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77936710.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 May 2016 |first=Toby |last=Mason |work=The Western Mail |accessdate=28 March 2016}}
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| ru_position = Lock
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| ru_amateurclubs =
| ru_clubyears = 1986-1991,1994-2000
1991-1993
| ru_proclubs = Pontypridd RFC
Bridgend RFC
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19
| ru_clubpoints = ?
12
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| ru_nationalyears = 1995
| ru_nationalteam = Wales
| ru_nationalcaps = 1
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Greg Prosser (born 21 May 1966) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who represented the Wales national team on one occasion during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. He played in the top division of Welsh club rugby for Pontypridd RFC, where he spent a total of twelve seasons, and Bridgend RFC for two seasons.
Rugby career
Prosser first joined Pontypridd RFC in the 1986-87 season.{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/greatest-pontypridd-xv-history-sardis-9137256 |first=Anthony |last=Woolford |title=The greatest Pontypridd XV in history: Which Sardis Road legends make the team? |work=Wales Online |date=28 April 2015}} Prosser moved to Bridgend RFC for the 1991-92 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.bridgendravens.co.uk/Teams/Player?personId=101857 |title=Player Archive:Greg Prosser |publisher=Bridgend RFC}} He made 19 appearances for Bridgend over two seasons, before rejoining Pontypridd for the 1993/94 season.
Prosser was included in the Wales squad for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and made his only appearance for the national team during the tournament, a 34-9 defeat to New Zealand.{{cite web |title=31 players you forgot had been to a Rugby World Cup with Wales |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/31-players-you-forgot-been-9358721 |work=Wales Online |first=Anthony |last=Woolford |date=30 May 2015}}
Prosser was part of the Pontypridd team that won the SWALEC Cup in 1996 and the Welsh Premier Division in the 1996-97 season. Between 1995 and 1999, he also made ten appearances for the invitational Barbarians side.{{cite web |title=Player Archive: G. Prosser |url=http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/archive/profile/4289/g-prosser/ |publisher=Barbarians FC}} He left Pontypridd at the end of the 1999/2000 season to join Abercynon RFC.{{cite news |title=RUGBY UNION: COMINGS AND GOINGS IN THE PREMIERSHIP. |date=25 August 2000 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64562039.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504213116/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64562039.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 May 2016 |work=The Mirror |accessdate=28 March 2016}} Later he played for Llantwit Fardre RFC
Personal life
Prosser is the son of Ieuan Prosser, who played rugby for Aberavon RFC. He works as a police officer for South Wales Police.{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame: Prosser, Greg |publisher=Pontypridd RFC |url=http://www.ponty.net/prosser-greg}}
References
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{{Wales 1995 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:Pontypridd RFC players
Category:Wales international rugby union players