Dwayne Peel

Who is Dwayne Peel?

Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks and Wales. He was the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team with 76 caps until his record was surpassed by Mike Phillips on 16 March 2013.

Peel started his rugby career playing for Tumble RFC at Under-8s level. He made his professional club debut for Llanelli RFC before moving to the Llanelli Scarlets region at its creation in 2003.

Peel made his international debut for Wales in 2001 against Japan. He was still on his geography degree course at the Swansea University at the time. During his time at Swansea University, he became friends with Edward Lewsey – a Welsh Under-21 international, and brother of England international Josh Lewsey. Peel has since scored five tries scoring his debut Test try against Italy in 2003 for Wales.

In 2005, Peel was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, and was the youngest Lion on the tour. On 9 September 2007, Peel was captain for Wales when they beat Canada 42–17 in their opening match in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

On 15 January 2008, it was announced that by the Llanelli Scarlets that Peel would be joining Sale Sharks at the end of the 2007–08 season. Peel joined, on a three-year contract, at the start of the 2008–09 season.