Taine Basham

Taine Basham (born 2 November 1999) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons as a flanker, and for the Welsh national side.

Taine Basham
Birth nameTaine Basham
Date of birth (1999-11-02) 2 November 1999
Place of birthNewport, Wales
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Openside Flanker
Number 8
Current team Dragons
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017– Dragons 46 (60)
Correct as of 9 May 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019 Wales U20 2 (15)
2021– Wales 10 (15)

Club career

Basham started out at junior level with Talywain and has been developed in the Dragons Academy. Having played for both Bedwas RFC and Cross Keys RFC in the Premiership, Basham made his debut against Scarlets in January 2018 and went on to make nine appearances in the 2018/19 season. This concluded with Basham being named the Young Player of the Season at the region’s end-of-season awards.[1]

Basham would score his first Dragons try in the defeat to Connacht in November 2018.[2]

Basham began the 2019/20 season in outstanding form, scoring tries in each of his first three starts of the season.[3] This was followed by a first career hattrick in the Challenge Cup victory over Castres.[4] Basham would end the season having scored 9 tries in 20 games.

International

Basham was capped as a Wales under-20 international. He was selected in the senior Wales squad to face the Barbarians in the uncapped international on 30 November 2019.[5] On 5 February 2020 he was called up to the Wales 2020 Six Nations squad.,[6] though he did not receive a cap, and had to wait until June 2021 to receive his third call to the Wales squad for the tests against Canada and Argentina. Basham made his Wales debut as a replacement in the 68-12 win over Canada, crossing for two debut tries.[7]

Basham scored his third try for Wales against Ireland in the opening match of the 2022 Six Nations Championship, a game that Wales lost 29-7[8]

International tries
TryOpponentLocationVenueCompetitionDateResult
1  Canada Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2021 Summer Internationals 3 July 2021 Win
2
3 IrelandDublin, IrelandAviva Stadium2022 Six Nations5 February 2022Loss

References
  1. "Taine Basham | Dragons Player".
  2. "Dragons 14-38 Connacht". BBC Sport.
  3. "Taine Basham | Dragons Player".
  4. "Dragon News : Basham treble stuns Castres in Europe".
  5. "Pivac picks his first Wales squad". Welsh Rugby Union. 19 November 2019.
  6. Basham joins Six Nations squad
  7. "Serious Halfpenny injury mars Wales win". BBC Sport.
  8. "Ireland hammer sorry Wales 29-7 in one-sided opener". BBC Sport.


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