Clive Shell (9 September 1947 – 6 January 2012) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Shell made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team on 10 November 1973 against Australia where he kissed the ball on his first touch while putting the ball into a scrum. A scrum-half, he played club rugby for Aberavon RFC.Shell was one of several scrum halves of that era who were in competition with Gareth Edwards for a place in the Welsh side.