scandal broke he had completed the required 3 years residency period and no further action was taken. In 2015, a DNA testing project suggested that Charvis had genuine Welsh ancestry that he did not know about. He appeared in both Tests and following the tour, Charvis was named in Gareth Jenkins' 41-man preliminary Rugby World Cup 2007 summer training squad. He made the final 30-man squad in August after playing in the Test against England and made substitute appearances in both Invesco Perpetual Summer Series matches against Argentina and France. Charvis made a try-scoring substitute appearance in Wales's opening Pool B match against Canada, and made the starting line-ups for the remaining Pool clashes with Australia, Japan and Fiji. In November 2007 Wales caretaker coach Nigel Davies included Charvis in his starting line-up for the inaugural Prince William Cup match with South Africa. Despite the 34–12 defeat to the reigning world champions Charvis scored his 22nd try for his country. International tries 2008-2010: Player-coach Charvis was appointed to a player/coach role at Newport Gwent Dragons in July 2008. However, because of injuries amongst the playing squad Charvis returned to the team, and as a result of his excellent form he played a number of matches during the 2008–09 season, but then retired as a player in order to be full-time forwards and defence coach. He parted company with the Dragons in late September 2010. Post-professional career Charvis is also one of eight celebrities chosen to participate in an intense week learning Welsh in an eco-friendly chic campsite in Pembrokeshire, West Wales in the series cariad@iaith:love4language shown on S4C in July 2011. In 2012, Charvis made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the British television comedy drama series Stella. In 2013, Charvis took on the Absa Cape Epic, an eight-day team stage race that traverses the Western Cape region of South Africa. Having ridden over 700 km with 15,000m of vertical climbing, he completed the race as an Individual Finisher after his partner withdrew. In 2018, commemorating Black History Month in the United Kingdom, Charvis was included on a list of 100 "Brilliant, Black and Welsh" people. From 2018 Charvis has owned a carpet shop in Horizon Park, Llansamlet, Swansea. References External links Wales profile Newport Gwent Dragons profile Newcastle Falcons profile Profile at Welsh Rugby Union website Profile at Sporting Heroes 1972 births Living people Black British