Bryn Keys
| Date of birth | August 29, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Yale Secondary School Robert Bateman Secondary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryn Keys (born August 29, 1985) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Keys is native of Abbotsford, British Columbia and grew up around rugby union from an early age, with his father George being the rugby coach at Abbotsford Secondary School. He was a youth product of Abbotsford RFC and played on the Yale Secondary School rugby team, before moving to Robert Bateman Secondary for his final year of school.[2]
A centre, Keys spent his career with Velox Valhallians, Aurora Barbarians and English professional club Moseley.[3]
Keys represented Canada at the Under 19 Rugby World Championship in 2004 and progressed to earn full international honours at the 2008 Churchill Cup, gaining his first Canada cap against the United States in Chicago. In 2009, Keys broke his ankle, tibia and fibula playing against Japan in Miyagi, which proved to be his final capped appearance.[4] He kept competing at club level until 2011, when a broken neck ended his career.[5]
In 2017, Keys was inducted into the Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby: Canada call for Keys". The Abbotsford News. June 30, 2007.
- ^ "Bryn Keys". Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ Dick, Brian (February 19, 2010). "Moseley can snatch safety - Bryn Keys". Birmingham Live.
- ^ Dick, Brian (February 21, 2010). "Moseley's Bryn Keys reveals agony of nine-hour flight with broken leg". Birmingham Live.
- ^ a b Lypka, Ben (April 26, 2017). "Abbotsford's Bryn Keys opens the door to Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame". The Abbotsford News.
External links
[edit]- Bryn Keys at ESPNscrum
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Canadian rugby union players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from British Columbia
- Rugby union centres
- Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Victoria Vikes rugby union players
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby players
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England