Personal
Date of Birth: 1st September 1984
Nationality: English Passport holder
Status: Single - no dependants

Height: 5ft 10 In
Weight: 14st

Objectives
To progress as far as possible in the game of rugby.
I am a dedicated rugby player capable of playing at the highest grade. I wish to play rugby overseas to enhance my experience and rugby career. My main objective is to play Premiership and International rugby.
I see myself playing abroad for the medium to long term and learning different coaching skills and game situations as a key for returning to the UK a much more experienced player.

Playing History

March06 - onwards
I played my second season for Souths in Australia. In this season we made the play off stage but lost in the semi finals. On my return to England i played for Leicester Barbars 7's vs China 7's at Welford Roads as a curtain raiser to the Tigers match, and played for a Gloucester XV in Junior Paramore's Testimonial game. Since that i have signed for Moseley in their first team squad.

April 05 to September 05: I went to Australia in April 05 to South’s Rugby Club, who play in the Telstra Queensland Premiership. During pre season and the full season I played in every premier game for the full 80 minutes baring one due to injury. Whilst playing at South’s I played with a number of Australian Internationals, 7’s, Queensland Reds and England 7’s players. I played with Steve Kefu, Luke Doherty, Mark Connors, and Dan Mckellar, with and against Ben Gollings. I played against the likes of Elton Flatley, Junior Pelesasa, Lloyd Johansson, Julian Huxley, Peter Hynes, Mitchell Chapman, David Croft and Nick Stiles. I was 4th Top Try Scorer in the competition scoring 15 tries. I was also selected to play in a representative side Southern Premier, in which there were 2 games. The first against Manawatu (who played the British Lions) we lost by 3 points and I scored a try, the second game was against Northern Premiers for the Caxton Cup which we won.

Jan 05 onwards: Tigers Academy (Leicester)

Dec 04 to Jan 05: During the Academy Christmas break I spent 2 months with Nottingham RFC. During this period I played 6 matches for the 2nd XV playing at No10, No12 and No13. The objective of this spell at Nottingham was to keep match fit and to experience a more competitive level of rugby.

June 2001 to Dec 04: I was invited to join Tigers Academy and stared training immediately with the Academy squad, where I have represented Tigers Academy XV, Tigers 2nd XV over the last 3 years. I was also capped for England U18. I have received invaluable experience at Tigers who have probably the best facilities in the UK to assist players with a formidable coaching staff.

1993 to May 2001: I started my rugby career at Lichfield Rugby Club (local club) and played junior rugby, moving into Colts rugby a year early. I represented Staffordshire at U14, U15, U16's.

Coaching

• England RFU Rugby Union Level 1 Coaching Certification
• Australia Rugby Union Level 1 Coaching Certification
• Australia Rugby Union Level 1 Coaching Award
• I am a qualified tag rugbycoach

Other Experience

• I gained a BTEC qualification in Sports Science in 2004, this involved study over a two year period at Stafford College.  The course covered many aspects of sport, including coaching, sports psychology, nutrition for sport and skill acquisition.
• Currently employed as a fitness adviser at Esporta Leisure centre.
• Have experience of the licensed trade (Father owns Public House)

In addition I am also a keen Sevens player who has represented Tigers 7’s teams and representative teams throughout my period with Tigers.