Michael Wells (born 3 May 1993) is an Australian former rugby union player who played as a loose forward. Throughout his professional career, Wells played for four of Australia's five professional Super Rugby franchises. He began his career with the Brumbies in 2016, before switching to the New South Wales Waratahs for 2017. After three seasons with the Waratahs Wells signed with the Melbourne Rebels ahead of the 2020 season. He remained with the Rebels until 2023 where he switched to the Perth-based Western Force until his retirement in 2024.
Wells was an Australian schoolboys representative in 2011 and was also a member of the Australia under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France. Since 2014, he has also turned out for the Australia Sevens side, debuting for them at the Gold Coast sevens in his homeland.
Super Rugby statistics
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2016 7 2 5 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 15 11 4 863 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2018 18 18 0 1304 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 2019 11 10 1 773 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 2020 6 3 3 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 AU 7 6 1 447 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 AU 8 8 0 640 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 2021 TT 5 5 0 400 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2022 13 13 0 955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 90 76 14 5,963 8 0 0 0 40 0 0
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