Dan Tai

Dan Tai rips a barbell off the floor for the Tampa Bay Brigade
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Tai

#95 Utility Player Tampa Bay Brigade
Featured Player

Dan Tai signed a professional rugby contract at 17 and got welcomed to the sport by a teammate standing on his hand. A decade later, injuries took the game away and left him hunting for something with the same teeth. He found it on the Grid, an ocean away from home. Watch his first 48 hours as a Brigade player, from Muscle Beach to the final race.

“The harder you go, the less you get hurt.”

Dan Tai
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By the Numbers
5’8″Height
194lbs
#95Jersey
UTLUtility
The Résumé
ProRugby, Yorkshire
Carnegie
2023CrossFit Games
team
220kg back
squat
132kg
snatch
Former pro rugby winger CrossFit Games team athlete Flies in from the UK
2026 Grid Season
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