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2. Dyer plays for Dragons RFC, making his senior debut in January 2018 against Saracens, and has been in strong form for the 2022/23 season. The speedster has had his most prolific season yet, scoring five tries in 11 appearances.
4. He is from Rogerstone and began his youth career at Risca RFC and Pill Harriers RFC, and also played for Newport High School Old Boys.
5. He is the product of the Dragons Academy and represented Wales at U20 level.
6. Dyer made his debut for Wales against New Zealand in the 2022 Autumn Internationals and scored a try on home soil.
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7. He scored his second try for Wales against Australia in the final match of the series
8. Dyer looked up to Bryan Habana when he was younger because he was the “quickest man in rugby”. He told the South Wales Argusthat growing up he “wanted to be the quickest kid on the pitch”.
9. Dyer earned his third cap for Wales after starting in the No 11 shirt against Ireland in Round 1 of the 2023 Six Nations β his Six Nations debut.
10. Before Dyer’s international debut in the autumn, former Wales head coach, Wayne Pivac said: “He has come in and itβs like heβs been here for a long, long time. As I say heβs confident, not over-confident. He knows what heβs good at, he knows what his work-ons are and he gets about his work really nicely, like a good pro.”
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