Gareth Delve
| Birth name | Gareth Leon Delve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 December 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Colston's Collegiate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gareth Leon Delve (born 30 December 1982) is a former Wales international rugby union player. Having started his career playing rugby in the English Premiership Rugby from 2001, he became a captain of Gloucester. Then, in late 2010, he moved to Australia where he went on to captain the Melbourne Rebels, as well as later playing in Japan. He returned to play his final season for the Swansea Ospreys, before retiring from professional rugby in 2016, his usual position was number 8. Since retirement he has completed an MSc in university, and had become part of backroom staff in Bristol and then Gloucester, where since 2022 he became the academy manager.