Ryan Banks

{{Short description|Canadian rugby union player (born 1972)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|02|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, BC, Canada

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| height = 6 ft 0 in

| weight = 222 lb

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| position = Back-row

| repyears1 = 1999–2003

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Canada}}

| repcaps1 = 36

| reppoints1 = 15

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Ryan Banks (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian former rugby union international.

Banks, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a product of Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. He was a football linebacker on the Simon Fraser University team, before concentrating on rugby.{{cite news |title=Hall of Fame induction a thrill for rugby star Banks |url=https://www.abbynews.com/sports/hall-of-fame-induction-a-thrill-for-rugby-star-banks-1740802 |work=The Abbotsford News |date=April 29, 2013 |language=en}}

A back-row forward, Banks played for Burnaby Lake and earned 36 caps for Canada from 1999 to 2003, representing them in two editions of the Rugby World Cup. He played professionally for Bedford in the 1999–2000 Premiership Rugby season.{{cite news |title=Bedford soak up the blows |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/bedford-soak-up-the-blows-5368566.html |work=The Independent |date=April 22, 2000 |language=en}} In 2003, Banks filled in as captain for a World Cup match against the All Blacks.{{cite news |title=Banks hails All Blacks |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/team_pages/canada/3200782.stm |work=BBC News |date=October 17, 2003}}

Banks married rugby player Heather Wilson, who is also a two-time Canadian World Cup representative.{{cite news |title=Meet the Samsons, Rugby Canada's newest pair of married international rugby players |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/rugby/meet-the-samsons-rugby-canadas-newest-pair-of-married-international-rugby-players |work=The Province |date=February 5, 2016}}