Jamie Gibson

For the New Zealand cricketer, see Jamie Gibson (cricketer).
Jamie Gibson
Jamie Gibson in a line-out
Date of birth (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth London
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
School Marlborough College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Newbury
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009–2013
2013-15
2015-
London Irish
Leicester Tigers
Northampton Saints
70
54
(5)
(20)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
England

Jamie Gibson (born 27 September 1990)[1] is an English rugby union player who plays at flanker for the Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints. He was a member of the Grand Slam winning England U18 side in 2008 and was a member of the England Under 20 team that reached the third place play off in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. He had an outstanding tournament scoring tries in important pool game wins against Ireland and France.

He attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, where he captained the renowned school's team, and started reading Classics at University College, Oxford,[2] though he missed out on the Varsity Match against Cambridge two years in a row through injury.

He went on to have a successful 2010-2011 at London Irish starting multiple games at openside flanker, where he permanently replace the departing Steffon Armitage by head coach Toby Booth. Gibson went on to have an outstanding summer playing for England in the non cap match against the Barbarians, and later was involved in the England Saxons Churchill Cup winning squad, scoring against Canada. He played for London Irish between 2009 - 2013 where he gained over 70 caps where he then subsequently moved on to play his rugby with Leicester Tigers at ehcih he gained over 50 caps. In January 2015 Northampton Saints bought Jamie Gibson and he will begin his career with them in the 2015/2016 Season.

In January 2012 Gibson was named in the England Saxons squad and on 27 May 2012 he made his senior England debut from the bench in the non-cap game against the Barbarians at Twickenham. He was also selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.[3]

A knee injury to Wasps' Joe Launchbury saw Gibson called up to the England senior squad for the summer tour of South Africa in June 2012. The 2012 three-Test series took place in Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.

References

  1. Jamie Gibson player profile ESPN Scrum.com
  2. "London Irish's Jamie Gibson enjoys his rugby odyssey". BBC Sport. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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