James Short (rugby union)

James Short
Full name James Short
Date of birth 15 October 1989 (1989-10-15) (age 22)
Place of birth Redhill, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007 – Saracens F.C. 28 (67)

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

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Saracens

James Short has played for Saracens since 2007.

2009-2010 season

In this season James made his Saracens debut although he mainly spent this season as a regular in the Saracens Storm playing in the A league. Overall in the season he made 4 appearances.

2010-2011 season

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 in this season. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saracens". web page. Premier Rugby. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/saracens.php?section=1. Retrieved 24 September 2011. 
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/9496362.stm

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