Leroy Houston

Leroy Houston

Personal information
Full name	Leroy Houston
Date of birth	10 November 1986
Place of birth	Levin, New Zealand
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School	Asquith Boys High School
Youth clubs
Years Club Beecroft
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) 2007 2006 Australia U-21 Australia U-19
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2007 2011–12 2012–13 2013– Ballymore Tornadoes Bordeaux Colomiers Bath Rugby 7 (5) 19 (0) 18 (5) 53 (35)
Super Rugby
Super Rugby 2005–06 2008–11 Waratahs Queensland Reds 46 (10)
Representative teams
2010– Australia A
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 21 February 2015.

Leroy Houston, (born 10 November 1986) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He currently plays for Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. He played for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby and previously played in France, in the Pro D2 for US Colomiers, after playing for Union Bordeaux Bègles in the Top 14.

Early life

Houston was born in Levin, New Zealand and spent his early years in Shannon before moving to Australia with his family in 2000. Houston was educated at Asquith Boys High School in Sydney.

Career

Houston originally played for the New South Wales Waratahs from 2005 where he was picked to tour with the Wallabies, he also played for Australia A before playing a Super 14 game.

Houston took time off from rugby in 2007 and eventually decided to sign with the Queensland Reds for the 2008 Super 14 season,^[1] receiving the Rookie of the Year Award. Houston made his debut for Queensland in a pre-season trial against his old club the Waratahs.

In February 2013, it was announced that Houston would join English Premiership side Bath Rugby from US Colomiers for the 2013/14 season.^[2]

References

1. "Reds sign Houston". Television New Zealand. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
2. "BBC Bath Sign Leroy Houston".

External links

• Queensland Reds Profile
• Houston Quits Waratahs