Steven Shingler is a Welsh professional rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player. His favoured position is Fly-half but he also plays centre. Llanelli director of rugby Anthony Buchanan has called Shingler a kicker of "international standard". He signed for London Irish

London Irish

London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...

 on a two-year deal, starting in 2011-2012 season.

His brother Aaron Shingler

Aaron Shingler

Aaron Craig Shingler is a Welsh rugby union player and former cricketer.Although born in Aldershot, Hampshire, Shingler grew up in West Wales, attending Pontarddulais Comprehensive School and Gorseinon Tertiary College...

 is also a professional rugby player.

Early years

Shingler played youth rugby for the Hendy

Hendy

Yr Hendy is a village in the community of Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated on the border between Carmarthenshire and Swansea. Yr Hendy lies on the Afon Gwili just across the River Loughor from the town of Pontarddulais and, together with Fforest to its north, forms part of the continuous...

 club. He also played for Scarlets U18 from 2009 to 2011 and has represented Wales Under-20s at fly-half

Llanelli & Scarlets

Shingler made his competitive debut for Llanelli RFC in 2009 against Cross Keys. He played for the Scarlets in four games, two of which were pre-season fixtures against Gloucester and Worcester. He also played for the Scarlets in their LV=Cup games, against Leeds and London Irish, scoring 20 points against the Exiles. During this time he produced some quality displays for the Scarlets in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. London Irish

London Irish

London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...

 took notice of this and Shingler signed a two-year deal with the Exiles.

London Irish

London Irish head coach, Toby Booth, is delighted that Steven has signed for the club. He said "Steven is a player with a huge amount of potential and he will be a great attribute for our squad. He has impressive vision and is a superb goal kicker. We feel working with the coaching team here at London Irish will help to propel Steven to the next level of his game."

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