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Ray Barkwill

レイ・バークウィル　/　れい・ばーくうぃる

Rugby union player from Canada

August 26, 1980 (age 45)　・　Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
rugby union player

My Take

Barkwill is the kind of athlete I find quietly inspiring. He never coasted on early hype; he grafted across teams and capped his career by winning Major League Rugby's inaugural title with the Seattle Seawolves, even scoring in the final. That is the storybook ending a journeyman earns rather than is handed. What strikes me most, though, is his status as the first Canadian to play Super Rugby. Pioneers absorb all the friction so the next generation can simply belong. A hooker from Niagara Falls dragging Canadian rugby onto a bigger stage deserves far more recognition than he tends to get.

Overview

Raymond Barkwill (born 26 August 1980) is a retired Canadian rugby union player who played for a number of teams before ending his career at Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby where he helped win the inaugural title including scoring a try in the final. Ray also played for the Canada national rugby union team, and was the first Canadian to play in Super Rugby.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ray Barkwill
Name (Japanese): レイ・バークウィル
Reading: れい・ばーくうぃる
Born: August 26, 1980 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Origin: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/raybarkwill/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB

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