Russell Earnshaw is a rugby union player who currently plays flanker for English Championship side Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club.
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Earnshaw has player Premiership rugby with West Hartlepool, Bath Rugby and Rotherham Titans, winning the European Cup whilst at Bath. He then joined Worcester in Division 1 and helped them to win promotion to the Premiership before signing for Doncaster where he played the 05/06 and 06/07 seasons. While at university at Cambridge he played for the Blues side in two winning Varsity matches.
Earnshaw has played for England on the IRB Sevens circuit. He is currently assistant coach to the England 7's team.
While at Doncaster Earnshaw helped to coach the side and joined Pertemps Bees for the 07/08 season as player/forwards coach. He is now head coach of Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Club and assistant coach of the England 7's team.
In 2010, Russell completed the 'Great Escape' for Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club, leading them to an unexpected resurgence in the relegation playoffs, despite not having won a game for the entire season. Though Russell dislocated his shoulder in the penultimate game; a defeat at home at the hands of relegation-rivals Coventry, Russell lined up on the pitch at Billesley Common two weeks later to help the Bees in their 34-38 defeat of Moseley.