Jamie Gibson
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| Date of birth | 27 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 where he gained over 50 caps. In January 2015 Northampton Saints signed Jamie Gibson and began his career with them in the 2015/2016 season. Starting alongside England internationals Tom Wood, Teimana Harrison and, for the 2016/17 season France legend Louis Picamoles, Gibson has now racked up 56 appearance for the Midlands side.[3]
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.[4]
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.
Gibson has been thriving of late with Saints though and most recently helped the side secure a European Rugby Champions Cup spot for next season after seeing off first Connacht Rugby then Stade Francais in the European Champions Cup play-off games.[5]
References
- ↑ Jamie Gibson player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ↑ "London Irish's Jamie Gibson enjoys his rugby odyssey". BBC Sport. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/rugby/profiles/profile/Jamie-Gibson
- ↑ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/latest-headlines/2017/may-2017/saints-23-stade-francais-22-friday-night-may-lights-strike-again/