Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Wales national rugby union team and also played for the British & Irish Lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8. Charvis became the world record try scorer for a forward in test match rugby on 24 November 2007 v South Africa at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff with his 22nd international try. In 2011 he was overtaken by Takashi Kikutani of Japan on the List of leading rugby union test try scorers. Charvis has two caps for the British & Irish Lions; both appearances were against Australia in 2001. Early life Charvis was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, on 27 December 1972 to Lloyd and Lynne Charvis. Colin began his club career with London Welsh while studying at Polytechnic of Central London. He stayed at the club until 1995, when he moved to Swansea RFC. Charvis is of Jamaican heritage through his father. 1995-2003: Swansea His first cap for Wales was in 1996 against Australia: he went on to become team captain for a period and toured Australia with the British & Irish Lions in 2001. He remained with Swansea until changes in the Welsh club structure saw him without a contract in the period of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. 2003-2007: Tarbes, Newcastle and Newport Charvis moved briefly to Tarbes in France and then to Newcastle Falcons in England whom he also captained. Charvis's contract with the Falcons was not renewed at the end of the 2005–6 season. He subsequently joined the Newport Gwent Dragons. He made his debut for the club in August in a pre-season friendly against the Cornish Pirates International career Charvis scored 22 tries for his country, making him the leading try scorer among all Welsh forwards (as of 2021). He is also one of only four forwards to score over 100 international points (John Eales, Carlo Checchinato and Takashi Kikutani are the others). He was the second most capped player for Wales and the most capped forward with 94 caps until overtaken by Martyn Williams 13 March 2010. He also featured in the 1999 Rugby World Cup and captained Wales in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2000, Charvis was implicated in Grannygate as he had been first capped for Wales in 1996 while apparently ineligible. However, by the time the