Meet the Academy - Part 4

Time for the final round of our Meet the Academy players: 

Full name: Bradley Roderick

Position: Outside Centre

DOB: 25/01/2001

Place of birth: Neath

Height: 180cm

Weight: 95kg

What was/is your first club? Resolven RFC

Do you have any honours?

Wales U16s,18s and 20s, with Resolven Youth we also won the bowl in the final in my first year of youth

Which clubs do you currently represent, and have you represented any others?

Ospreys,  I have played for Resolven, Neath College and also Bridgend RFC. 

Do you have any hobbies outside rugby?

I enjoy fishing, both out at sea and in the river, I have also recently gotten into golf which is a working progress.

What’s your favourite rugby memory? Winning the bowl final at the Principality Stadium

Full name: Jordan Evans

Position: Back Row

DOB: 08/11/2001

Place of birth: Neath

Height: 6'2

Weight: 89kg

What was/is your first club?  Neath Athletic

Which clubs do you currently represent, and have you represented any others? 

Neath Athletic, Ospreys 16, 18s, Neath Athletic Colts

Do you have any hobbies outside rugby? Judo, currently a brown belt

What’s your favourite rugby memory? I have been lucky enough to have been able to get to the Ospreys Cup Final on many occasions.  These memories are up there as my best so far.

Full name: Joshua Michael Carrington

Position: Winger 

DOB: 25/04/2002

Place of birth: Swansea

Height: 188cm

Weight: 84kg

What was/is your first club?

Morriston RFC

Do you have any honours? 

Played against Scotland in a friendly for the Wales U18s squad.

Which clubs do you currently represent, and have you represented any others? 

Ospreys, Wales U18s, Morriston.

Do you have any hobbies outside rugby?

I still enjoy doing athletics but not competitively.

What’s your favourite rugby memory?

Reaching the cup final with Morriston RFC and playing in the Principality Stadium.

Any additional facts or trivia?

Fluent in Welsh. Started playing rugby when I was 12. I've taken par in the county athletics (West Glamorgan) competing in long jump, high jump, relay 4x100m and 100m. I have been coached by Keelan Giles and Joe Thomas with Morriston RFC. My father played amateur rugby for Cardiff and also played professional rugby league for Saint Helens. 

Full name: Tristan Davies 

Position: 6/second-row 

DOB: 30-09-01

Place of birth: Neath

Height: 195cm

Weight: 102Kg

What was/is your first club?

Bryncoch RFC

Do you have any honours? 

I was involved with the Wales U19s before the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Do you have any hobbies outside rugby?

Enjoy walking my dog and spending time with my friends and family.

What’s your favourite rugby memory?

Beating Porthcawl in the Welsh cup for my club, the boys were on fire. 

Any additional facts or trivia?

When I first started playing rugby I was a centre.