James Bailey (rugby union)

James Bailey
Personal information
Full name James Bailey
Date of birth 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 28)
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 14 st 9 lb (93 kg)
School(s) attended Shiplake College then Millfield School
Club information
Position(s) Wing
Current club Lyon
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2002-04
2004-08
2007
2008-09
2009-
Bristol
Gloucester
Moseley (loan)
London Irish
Lyon
59 (60)
49 (55)
Representative teams
England under 16's
Sevens National teams
England

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

James Bailey (born 5 August 1983, London) is an English rugby union footballer. He plays for Lyon as a wing.

Bailey joined Gloucester Rugby from Bristol Rugby in 2004, having scored 14 tries in 21 matches for Bristol in the 2003–04 season. He played 49 matches for Gloucester Rugby and scored 11 tries. One of the most memorable tries that he scored was against London Wasps in May 2006 when James Simpson-Daniel ran rings around Lawrence Dallaglio and passed the ball to Bailey who rounded off a beautiful try.

He left Gloucester in August 2008 to pursue more first-team appearances elsewhere. A move to Toulon fell through, leaving Bailey as a free agent.[1]He signed for London Irish in September 2008,[2] before leaving in the summer of 2009, after just one season at the Exiles, to sign for Lyon in Pro D2.[3][4]

Bailey is also a good sevens player and he has played for the England Sevens team several times and was a major factor in Gloucester Rugby winning the Middlesex 7s title in 2005.

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