Fraser Balmain

Fraser Balmain
Birth name Fraser John Balmain
Date of birth (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School Newlands School & Newcastle Royal Grammar School
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Gloucester Rugby
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2017
2017–		 Leicester Tigers
Gloucester Rugby		 96 (10)
Correct as of 22 May 2017

Fraser John Balmain (born 16 November 1991)[1] is an English rugby union prop forward who plays for Gloucester Rugby in the English Premiership.[2]

Balmain joined Leicester in July 2010 after being released from Newcastle Falcons academy and turning down an academy contract from Northampton Saints.[3] On 12 November he made his Leicester debut from the bench during an Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Ospreys in Bridgend.[4] He had to wait two years though to make his first start against the New Zealand Maori on 13 November 2012.[5]

In 2014 Balmain featured from the bench in an uncapped England match against the Barbarians.

On 10 January 2017, Balmain would leave Leicester to join Premiership rivals Gloucester Rugby ahead of the 2017-18 season.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Fraser Balmain". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Leicester Tigers Senior Squad - Fraser Balmain". web page. Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Tigers pounce for ex-Falcon Fraser". The Journal. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ospreys 46 Leicester 13 Match Report". Leicester Tigers. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tigers celebrate famous win over Maori All Blacks". Leicester Tigers. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Gloucester sign Leicester Tigers tight-head prop Fraser Balmain". Premiership Rugby. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.


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