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Samuel Andre C. Stanley (born 8 November 1991), was

Irish rugby union prop. Walker played club rugby for Instonians and played international rugby for Ireland and was captain of the British Isles team in their 1938 tour of South Africa.

Rugby career
Born in Orsett, Essex,

Born to an English mother and a father of Samoan descent, Sam Stanley will be joining Esher for the 2016/17 season. He is the nephew of New Zealand's 1987 World Cup-winning centre Joe Stanley, while his brother Mike was in Samoa's squad at the World Cup and cousins Winston and Benson are on the books of Harlequins and Clermont Auvergne, respectively. “I came through the ranks at Saracens and England age grade. Because of the majority of my family being kiwis you'd think they would find it strange for going that way, but wasn't the case and of course all were very proud. I managed to play 4 tournaments on the 7's circuit including Tokyo, Hong Kong & Glasgow in the 2013/14 season and the other in Port Elizabeth 2014/15 season. Sam appeared in the Aviva Premiership for Saracens before joining England 7s and last season played for Ealing in the Championship. Sam can play at full-back or fly-half and we look forward to seeing him light up the pitch with his pace this season. Player Info Position	Full Back Sponsored by	JMS Winterdown Ltd (Plumbing and Heating) Joined club	June 2016 Honours	England 7s, England U18-U16

The 23-year-old former Saracens back has played in five Sevens World Series tournaments for England Sam Stanley, who is playing for Ealing Trailfinders in the Championship this season, said in the Sunday Times: "I was 10 or 11 when I realised I was different to my friends.

Sam Stanley is the latest player to sign for Ealing Trailfinders ahead of their return to the Greene King IPA Championship. Stanley played in four tournaments for the England Sevens side – Tokyo, Hong Kong, Glasgow and Port Elizabeth. He previously came through the Saracens Academy and played for England U18. The Essex-born player

Bedford bring in young Saracens trio ESPN Staff August 2, 2013 The Bedford Blues have signed Sam Stanley from Saracens and have dual-registered two of their promising players. Fly-half-come-centre Sam Stanley has signed for the Championship side while promising forwards Tom Jubb and Nic Auterac have completed dual-registration deals. Blues director of rugby Mike Rayer told Bedford Today: "He's [Stanley] a signed and registered Bedford Blues player now. He played for us last year in the Mobbs Memorial game and he's a good player, he's predominantly a centre but can play at fly half as well. http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/story/192729.html

Walker came to note as a rugby player when he represented Instonians. During the 1934/35 season, he was also selected to play for invitational tourists, the Barbarians. He won his first international cap when he was selected for the Irish national team during the 1934 Home Nations Championship. he won 15 caps for his country between 1934 and 1938, and captained the team in his final international game, against Wales, at Swansea.

In 1938 he was selected to captain the British Isles team on their tour of South Africa. He is recognised as an able captain, who managed to sustain good morale in a British team that was devastated by injuries. He also fostered an open style of play that resulted in exciting and free scoring matches, which delighted the South African spectators. Walker showed excellent fitness himself during the tour, and was able to lead the British team out for 17 invitational games and all three Tests against the South African national team. On the tour he usually played his favoured role as prop, alongside Bunner Travers.