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Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Welsh national rugby union team and also played for the British and Irish lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8. Charvis became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24 November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff with his 22nd international try. In 2011 he was overtaken by Takashi Kikutani of Japan on the List of leading rugby union test try scorers. Charvis has 2 caps for the British and Irish Lions; both appearances were against Australia in 2001. Further representative honours include Wales Students, Wales U21 and Wales A. In 2013 Charvis took on the Absa Cape Epic, an eight-day team stage race that traverses the Western Cape region of South Africa. Having ridden over 700km with 15 000m of vertical climbing, Charvis completed the race as an Individual Finisher after his partner withdrew. ==Early life== Charvis was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham on 27 December 1972 to Lloyd and Lynne Charvis. Lloyd is now living in Kansas City, Missouri, USA and is a successful artist there. He began his club career with London Welsh while studying at Polytechnic of Central London.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-henry-turns-charvis-into-a-main-chancer-1080543.html Charvis' career up to 1999〕 He stayed at the club until 1995, when he moved to Swansea RFC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Charvis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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