Jamie Houston
| Full name | Jamie Houston | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Occupation(s) | Fitness instructor | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Hooker | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| ???? ???? 2006 – 2010 |
 Dunsburgh RFC  Plymouth RFC  SC 1880 Frankfurt | ||
| correct as of 15 December 2010. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany | 6 | (0) |
| correct as of 15 December 2010. | |||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2010 – 2011 2011 – 2012 |
SC 1880 Frankfurt II RG Heidelberg | ||
| correct as of 26 August 2011. | |||
Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982)[1] is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009.[1] Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt.[2]
Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.
After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany.[3]
After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season.[4] At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.[5]
Honours
Club
- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2008, 2009
- Runners up: 2007, 2010
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2009
Stats
Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[6]
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008–09 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Champions |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Runners up |
- As of 15 December 2010
National team
European Nations Cup
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2009 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 15 December 2010
References
- 1 2 Jamie Houston profile at scrum.com accessed: 19 March 2010
- ↑ Alpencup 2009: Absagenflut vor dem Aufeinandertreffen mit dem Team-Edelweiss (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
- ↑ Ex-Nationalspieler Jamie Houston bietet Personal Trainings (German) totalrugby.de, published: 21 October 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
- ↑ Jamie Houston profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 19 March 2010
External links
- Jamie Houston at scrum.com
- (German) Jamie Houston at totalrugby.de
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