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David Patrick "Dave" Ward (born 21 May 1985) is an English rugby union player for Premiership side Harlequins. A hooker, Ward has previously played for Sale Sharks, Northampton Saints, Bath Rugby and the Cornish Pirates. At international level he has represented the England under-18s, under-21s and Saxons. == Club career == Born in Bath,〔 Ward joined his local club Bath Rugby as a six-year-old, progressing all the way through to the first team for whom he made his debut as a replacement in the Heineken Cup against Treviso in December 2004. His first start came a month later against Leinster Rugby and despite Bath losing, he was named as the Man of the Match. He made just six more appearances for the club over the next two years,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Ward )〕 and, after finding himself as fourth choice hooker,〔 joined Northampton Saints on a two-year contract in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saints bag a pair of Hookers )〕 He made six appearances for Saints in their 2007–08 promotion winning season, scoring four tries,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hooker Ward seals switch to Sale )〕 but was released from his contract by the club a year early in October 2008. Days later he joined Sale Sharks,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Ward signs for Sale Sharks )〕 though he again failed to secure regular playing time, making just three appearances during the 2008–09 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Ward )〕 During his time with Sale the club received a one-point deduction after he came off the bench against Harlequins prior to being re-registered following a loan spell at Manchester. He time at Sale was hampered by injury and after only one season, Ward joined Championship club Cornish Pirates in Summer 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Ward – Hooker )〕 He turned down a part-time contract from Pertemps Bees alongside a sales job in favour of the Pirates and later revealed that he had contemplated retirement prior to the move. He made his competitive debut against Nottingham in September 2009 and went on to make 33 appearances in his first season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nottingam 13–24 Cornish Pirates )〕 He was ever-present in the two following years, racking up 110 appearances in his three years at the club.〔 In April 2012 he returned to the Premiership after signing a contract with Harlequins for the 2012–13 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Ward to join Harlequins )〕 His first season at The Stoop followed a similar pattern to his spells with Bath, Saints and Sale, with Ward making only seven appearances, five of which came in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.〔 His Premiership breakthrough came in 2013–14 at the age of 28 where, following injuries to regular hookers Joe Gray and Rob Buchanan, he made 31 appearances, including his first Premiership start for seven years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward aiming to be Quins regular )〕 Over the course of the campaign he earned five Man of the Match awards and was voted the Players' Player of the Season.〔 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「Dave Ward (rugby union)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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