Ryan Banks
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| Born | 2 February 1972 Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Banks (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian former rugby union international.
Banks, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a product of Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. He was a football linebacker on the Simon Fraser University team, before concentrating on rugby.[1]
A back-row forward, Banks played for Burnaby Lake and earned 36 caps for Canada from 1999 to 2003, representing them in two editions of the Rugby World Cup. He played professionally for Bedford in the 1999–2000 Premiership Rugby season.[2] In 2003, Banks filled in as captain for a World Cup match against the All Blacks.[3]
Banks married rugby player Heather Wilson, who is also a two-time Canadian World Cup representative.[4]
See also
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External links
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Canadian rugby union players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Rugby union players from Vancouver
- Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Rugby union players from British Columbia
- Canadian football people from Vancouver
- Simon Fraser Red Leafs football players
- Bedford Blues players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Footballers who switched code
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen