Chris Harris (rugby union)

Christopher James Harris (born 28 December 1990) is an English-born Scottish international rugby union player who plays centre for the Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. At International level, Harris has represented Scotland. Harris started in the first 6 nations game against Wales in 2018 and has eighteen caps for Scotland. He scored his first try for Scotland in a game vs Italy in the Six Nations 2019, scoring just minutes after making an appearance off the bench and scored the winning try for Scotland against France at BT Murrayfield. He appeared in all of Scotland’s Rugby World Cup fixtures and continued his form to play in every the Six Nations 2020 fixture playing predominantly number 13.

Chris Harris
Birth nameChristopher James Harris
Date of birth (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990
Place of birthCarlisle, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb)
UniversityNorthumbria University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2014 Tynedale 47 (118)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014−2019
2014−2015
2019-		 Newcastle Falcons
→Rotherham Titans
Gloucester Rugby		 77
6
8		 (55)
(0)
(10)
Correct as of 19 May 2019
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013
2017–		 England Counties
Scotland		 2
16		 (15)
(15)
Correct as of 17 September 2019

Club career

Harris was dual registered with Tynedale RFC in National League 1 and also had a loan spell with Rotherham in the Championship.[1] In October 2014, Harris scored a try on his professional debut for the Falcons against București Wolves in the European Challenge Cup.[2] In December 2014, Harris scored two tries on his Premiership debut against Saracens.[3] It was confirmed that Harris would join Gloucester Rugby for the start of the 2019-20 season [4]

International career

In June 2013, Harris scored a try for England Counties XV against Belgium.[5] In October 2017, Harris received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad by coach Gregor Townsend for the Autumn Internationals.[6] Harris is Scottish qualified through his Edinburgh born grandmother.[7] On 11 November 2017, Harris made his Test debut at Murrayfield against Samoa.[8]

References
  1. "RFU Championship: Rotherham bring in four Newcastle academy players for 2014/15". Sky Sports. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "Challenge Cup: Newcastle Falcons 43-19 Bucuresti Wolves". BBC Sport. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. "Newcastle Falcons 23-25 Saracens report: Fans flock for Falcons' day of drama". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. https://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/?p=27136
  5. "Clean sweep for England Counties in Belgium". Rugby Football Union. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. "Scotland: Gregor Townsend calls up 10 new caps for autumn Tests". BBC Sport. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. "Carlisle's Chris Harris named in Scotland squad". ITV. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. "Autumn international: Scotland 44-38 Samoa". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
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