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Samuel Kennedy-Warburton, OBE MStJ (born 5 October 1988), commonly known as Sam Warburton, is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Warburton played rugby for Cardiff Rugby and was first capped for Wales in 2009.
He usually played as an openside flanker but was also capable of playing at blindside. In June 2011, he was named as Wales captain versus the Barbarians and subsequently in August 2011 he was named as the Wales captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In April 2013, he was named the Lions' captain for the 2013 tour to Australia, and was also named as captain for the 2017 tour to New Zealand.[2][3] Warburton held the record for the most Wales caps as captain (49) until surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones.
In July 2018, the Wales and British & Irish Lions captain announced his retirement from rugby union at 29 years of age after failing to fully recover from neck and back surgery[4]
^ ab"Wales Senior Squad". www.wru.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^"Lions 2013: Jonny Wilkinson out but Sam Warburton is captain". BBC Sport. April 2013.
^Hayward, Paul (19 April 2017). "Sam Warburton on Lions captaincy call: I thought it was one of the lads playing a prank". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^"Sam Warburton: Wales and British & Irish Lions captain retires from rugby". BBC Sport. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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keen athlete; he played football alongside future Wales rugby captain SamWarburton, rugby, hockey and excelled at athletics. As a 14-year-old he says that...
for the first time since 1987, but lost 9–8 to France after captain SamWarburton was sent off. The two teams met again in March 2012, with Wales needing...
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tour, Wales were without key players, like Richard Hibbard, captain SamWarburton and fullback Leigh Halfpenny. Despite this, and despite Wales' defeat...
and named 137 captains. SamWarburton led Wales in the most matches, captaining them 49 times between 2011 and 2016; Warburton also captained Wales to...
Premiership team. Past graduates of the Cardiff academy system include SamWarburton Jamie Roberts Tomos Williams Leigh Halfpenny Ellis Jenkins Josh Navidi...
tour of New Zealand: SamWarburton leads Warren Gatland's side". BBC Sport. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2023. "SamWarburton: Wales captain out of...
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"compelling on-field and/or off-field aggravating features". Wales captain SamWarburton was sent off in the semi-final against France because he did not safely...
English team. Gabby Logan leads the BBC's rugby coverage. Martin Johnson, SamWarburton, Jonathan Davies, John Barclay, Jamie Heaslip, Andy Nicol, Chris Paterson...
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"SamWarburton Scrum.com". Scrum.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020. "Most test match wins". ESPNscrum.com. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2020. "Sam...
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