Sam Harrison (rugby union)

Sam Harrison

Personal information
Full name	Sam Harrison
Date of birth	7 April 1990
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (12 st 8 lb) [1]
School	John Cleveland College
Club information
Position	Scrum-half
Current club	Leicester Tigers
Youth clubs
Years Club 1996–2004 2004–2010 Hinckley Leicester Academy
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2009– Nottingham Leicester Tigers 0 (0) 94 (15)
Representative teams
2009– England U20
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Sam Harrison (born 7 April 1990 in Leicester, England) is an English rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers.

Club career

His first appearance for Leicester Tigers came as a replacement at home against Benetton Treviso in the Heineken Cup.^[2]

He was dual-registered with Nottingham for the 2009–10 season, and Harry Ellis's return from injury saw Harrison kept to a bench spot whilst the Leicester Academy team played in the Guinness A League.^[3]

Ellis's retirement in July 2010 resulted in Harrison's promotion to the full-time Leicester squad.^[4]

Sam is an ambassador for Dorothy Goodman School, a Special Educational Needs school in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

International career

Harrison has featured in the England U16, U18 and U20 squads.

References

1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
2. Wildman, Rob (19 January 2009). "Ben Youngs must wait his turn but his Leicester future looks bright". London: Telegraph site. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
3. "Tigers crowned 'A' league champions". Guinness Premiership website. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
4. "Leicester Tigers coach Richard Cockerill pays tribute to retiring star Harry Ellis". Leicester Mercury website. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

External links

• England U20 profile
• Leicester profile