Background
Yates was born in Sydney, New South Wales.
Yates was born in Sydney, New South Wales.
He has represented Australia at 7 a side rugby and played first grade rugby with Northern Suburbs in Sydney. In Europe Yates has played for such teams as Grenoble, Gloucester, Sale Sharks and Worcester. He usually played as a flyhalf or inside centre.
He now coaches Builth "Bulls" Wells Reconstruction Finance Corporation In the Welsh Division 1 West-Central.