Craig Quinnell (born July 9, 1975, Swansea) is a rugby player who plays for the Cardiff Blues and Wales. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe, mouth of the Tawe) is a city and county in South Wales, situated on the coast immediately to the east of the Gower Peninsula. ... General phase play in rugby union. ... Cardiff Blues (Welsh Gleision Caerdydd) are a Rugby Union team from Wales, playing in the Celtic League and European Rugby Cup/European Rugby Shield. ... First International England 30 - 0 Wales (19 February 1881) Largest win Japan 0 - 98 Wales (26 November 2004) Worst defeat South Africa 96 - 13 Wales (27 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Third 1987 The Welsh rugby union team, as the highest level of Welsh...

Position Second Row A position in Rugby union also called lock forward. ...

Height: 6.6 ft (198 cm)

Weight: 20stone, 5.5 lb (286 lb, 130 kg)

International Caps: 32 A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ...

Craig Quinnell played 54 games for the Cardiff club between November 1999 and May 2002 and established himself as one of the backbones of the pack. Though often in the firing line from opposition forwards, he never took a step backwards and was a firm favourite with the Cardiff faithful. He began his senior career with Llanelli and after that joined Richmond for two years. Quinnell left Cardiff in May 2002 to join English club Saracens and, for a short while, Worcester but was among the earliest recruits to the newly-established Cardiff Blues. The Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle. ... Saracens Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. ... Worcester are an English rugby union team who play in the Guinness Premiership. ... Cardiff Blues (Welsh Gleision Caerdydd) are a Rugby Union team from Wales, playing in the Celtic League and European Rugby Cup/European Rugby Shield. ...

Craig won his first international cap as a flank forward against Fiji in 1995 at the age of 20 and now has 32 international appearances to his name (the majority in the second row) He was a member of the World Cup squad in 1999 and has toured with Wales to Argentina, also in 1999, and Japan two years later. For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...

As a player Quinnell has a fearsome reputation with the ball in his hands, barging the opposition out of the way, but also unfortunately has a debatable reputation of being somewhat undisciplined, frequently picking up yellow and Red cards. Problems with injury, including a serious spinal injury in 2001, have meant that Quinnell has never achieved as much as his brother Scott. Red Card may refer to: Red card - A punishment indicator Red Card - A fictional special forces unit of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

On April 13th 2006 Craig Quinnell announced his retirement from professional rugby. This came following a neck injury sustained during a game for the Cardiff Blues against Glasgow Warriors doctors told him that he risked being in a wheelchair if he played rugby again. Cardiff Blues (Welsh Gleision Caerdydd) are a Rugby Union team from Wales, playing in the Celtic League and European Rugby Cup/European Rugby Shield. ... The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of three professional rugby union teams in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gunners and Border Reivers being the other two. ...

Craig Quinnell is the son of former Welsh international Derek Quinnell and the younger brother of Scott Quinnell. The youngest Quinnell brother, Gavin, also plays professionally for the Llanelli Scarlets. Derek Leslie Quinnell (born 1949 in Llanelli), won 23 rugby union caps for Wales both as a lock-forward and as a No. ... Scott Quinnell (born 20 August 1972 in Swansea) is a former Welsh international rugby union player, who was a Number 8 for Wales, Llanelli RFC, the Llanelli Scarlets and the Lions. ...