Eifion Lewis-Roberts
Eifion Lewis-Roberts is a Welsh former international rugby union who played as a prop, for Sale Sharks and Toulon. He also earned one cap for Wales.
Professional career
From St Asaph, Roberts played for Ruthin RFC before joining Sale in 2005.Roberts was selected by Wales for the 2008 end-of-year rugby union internationals, earning his first and only cap on 14 November against Canada.
Lewis-Roberts was selected for the 2009 Wales rugby union tour of North America, but forced to withdraw due to injury. He was omitted from the squad for the 2009 end-of-year rugby union internationals to focus on fitness targets.
On 18 January 2010, he was named in the 35-man Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.
Despite interest from clubs in the Celtic League and the French Top 14, Lewis-Roberts signed a three-year contract with Sale Sharks in March 2010. In September the same year, early in the season, Lewis-Roberts suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a match against Harlequins. As Lewis-Robert required re-constructive surgery on his knee, he was expected to miss most of the season. He signed for French Top 14 outfit Toulon in 2011 reuniting with Philippe Saint-Andre his former coach at Sale. At the end of the 2011–12 season he returned to Sale Sharks as part of a deal which saw Andrew Sheridan go in the other direction to Toulon. While in France, he was falsely accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, with the investigation clearing him on all charges.
Lewis-Roberts retired from rugby in September 2017 after suffering a knee injury.