42 Caps

Gwenllian Pyrs

Profile Biog

DOB 28th Nov 1997

Birthplace Bangor

Position Prop

Club/Region Bristol Bears

Height 1.7 m (5' 7“)

Weight 101 kg (15st 10lbs)

Honours Wales Women (42 caps)

Pyrs earned her first cap as a second half replacement in Wales’ 20-8 victory at Stadio Comunale Pacifico Carotti in the opening round of the 2017 Women’s Six Nations and made her first start in the Wales jersey against Ireland during the November internationals in 2019 before going on to become ever-present in the side for the rest of the autumn and the 2020 Women’s Six Nations.

She took up rugby formerly aged 16 when Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy formed an U18 girls’ team but had previously enjoyed playing with her brothers and sisters on the family farm near Ysbyty Ifan in the Conwy Valley where she is also a renowned sheepdog trainer.

Pyrs was an Urdd/WRU apprentice and WRU hub officer in North Wales schools for three years before starting an Access to Health Care course in Coleg Llandrillo with a view to training as a midwife in the future.