James Short (rugby union)

James Short
Full name James Short
Date of birth (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989
Place of birth Redhill, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team Exeter Chiefs
Playing career
Position Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007 – 2013
2013-2015
2015-
Saracens
London Irish
Exeter Chiefs
28
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16
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45

James Short (born 15 October 1989 in Redhill, England) is an English rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent.

Club career

James Short arrived at Saracens in 2007.

The 2010-2011 season was really James' breakthrough season for the Saracens team. He played regularly in the Saracens team and got a reputation for being a prolific try scorer and was the top try scorer for Saracens. James also scored the only try[2] in the 2011 Aviva Premiership Final helping Saracens to win their first ever Premiership final in a 22-18 victory over Leicester Tigers. Overall in the season Short made 24 appearances and scored 13 tries.

At the end of the 2013/14 season he joined London Irish.

On 23 July 2015 it was announced that James would be joining Premiership Rivals, Exeter Chiefs.[3]

References

  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saracens". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. "Leicester 18-22 Saracens". BBC News. 28 May 2011.
  3. Stevens, Mark. "Short signs for the Chiefs". Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

External links

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