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RISING STARS

1 TIAAN THOMAS-WHEELER

Age 19 (19 November 1999) Born Neath Region Ospreys Country Wales Position Centre

When did you first play? I was about five and my brother’s U8s team at Bryncoch were short so asked me to play.

I played there until U11 and then stopped for a while before starting back at youth level with Trebanos.

I was big into cricket and represented Wales from U11-U17. Then after a year of being back in rugby at Trebanos I got

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