Shane Lewis-Hughes

{{Short description|Welsh rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| birth_name = Shane Lewis-Hughes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|9|20}}

| birth_place = Tylorstown, Wales

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| height = 193cm

| weight = 114kg

| ru_currentteam = Dragons

| position = Lock
Blindside Flanker

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| years1 = 2017–2024

| clubs1 = Cardiff

| apps1 = 70

| points1 = 15

| years2 = 2024–

| clubs2 = Dragons

| apps2 = 17

| points2 = 5

| ru_clubupdate = 19 October 2024

| repyears1 = 2016–2017

| repteam1 = Wales U20

| repcaps1 = 17

| reppoints1 = 15

| repyears2 = 2020–

| repteam2 = Wales

| repcaps2 = 3

| reppoints2 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 25 October 2023

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Shane Lewis-Hughes (born 20 September 1997) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons as a flanker or lock. He is a Wales under-20 international.{{cite news|last1=Field|first1=Katie|title=Hotshot: Cardiff Rugby blindside Shane Lewis-Hughes|url=http://www.rugbyworld.com/in-the-mag/hotshots/hotshot-cardiff-blues-blindside-shane-lewis-hughes-77094|accessdate=27 September 2017|work=Rugby World|date=7 March 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Howell|first1=Andy|title=Wales U-20s 54 Samoa U-20s 20: Shane Lewis-Hughes bags two tries during World Cup clash|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-match-reports/wales-u-20s-54-samoa-13154695|accessdate=27 September 2017|work=WalesOnline|publisher=Media Wales|date=8 June 2017}}

Lewis-Hughes made his debut for Cardiff in 2017 having come through the organisation's academy featuring for both Pontypridd RFC and Cardiff RFC.

International

Lewis-Hughes was named in the Wales squad for the first time for the uncapped international versus the Barbarians on 30 November 2019.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50472502 Wales v Barbarians] He was also named in the Wales squad for the game against Scotland on 31 October 2020 in Wales' final delayed 2020 Six Nations match. He made his debut in the number 6 shirt.

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