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Out of favour Wales fly-half Ioan Lloyd is set to join his boyhood club Cardiff next season from the Scarlets.
The 23-year-old has spent the last two seasons at Parc y Scarlets, having joined from Bristol Bears in 2023. The versatile back joined the Bears’ academy from Cardiff as a teenager, where he went on to become Bristol’s youngest ever player at the age of 18.
Lloyd will team up with Callum Sheedy again at the Welsh capital, who he competed with for the Bristol No.10 jersey.
The seven-cap Wales international will work under the national team’s interim boss Matt Sherratt, and believes the coach’s style of rugby suits his game.
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“Cardiff is my childhood club, which I dreamt of playing for growing up,” Lloyd said.
“My earliest rugby memories are of watching the likes of Ben Blair, Casey Laulala, Paul Tito and Martyn Williams down at Cardiff Arms Park.
“So it’s a massive honour to have the opportunity to join this great club. I think Matt’s philosophy and the style of rugby that Cardiff are playing suits my game, so I am excited to link up with the boys in the summer.”
Sherratt added: “It is an ambition of ours to get as many Cardiff lads in our squad as possible.
“Ioan, having played Dewar Shield with the likes of Teddy Williams, was at the top of that list of Cardiff lads that we wanted to bring home to the Arms Park.
“I was a big admirer of Ioan while he was at Bristol as he approaches the game with a really positive attitude and is the type of player that gets fans off their seats.
“He has now got a good amount of experience under his belt as a ten in the URC and will be a key member of our squad and how we play over the next few years.”
