Chris Pennell

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Chris Pennell
Rugby union career
Full name	Christopher James Pennell
Date of birth	(1987-04-26) April 26, 1987
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)^[1]
School	Old Swinford Hospital
Playing career
Position	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007–	Worcester	47	(57)
correct as of 11 April 2013.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	England Under 19
correct as of 17 Jan 2008.

Chris Pennell (born 26 April 1987) is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback and is a former captain of Worcester Warriors. He has type 1 diabetes.

Chris has also been under pressure to leave Worcester, after the clubs misfortunes in recent months. It is generally of the opinion that he will make the transition if the Warriors are relegated.

The son of former England cricketer Graham Dilley,^[2]^[3] after his parents' marriage broke down, his mother remarried a British Army soldier, and Chris took his surname.^[4] The family moved to Portadown, Northern Ireland, where he was educated at Millington Primary School, and was a member of the victorious Gilpin cup side in 1999. Returning to England, he was educated at Old Swinford Hospital School in Stourbridge^[2] where he played a key part in their successful campaign to the semi finals of the Daily Mail Cup. Although head boy, he turned down the chance to captain the cricket first XI because of his A levels.

Having been offered a professional contract at Worcester Warriors, he delayed his offer of a university place, making his Guinness Premiership debut against Bath Rugby in 2007/08, and representing England at Under 19 level. He became a key performer for the club during the 2008–09 English Premiership campaign, until he suffered a serious knee injury in Europe. He returned to full fitness, and grabbed tries against Connacht Rugby and Olympus Rugby XV Madrid in Europe during the 2009/10 season, making 16 appearances during the campaign and scoring five tries.

After signing a new two-year deal in February 2010, he became club captain for the 2010-11 RFU Championship campaign. In that campaign Worcester won 30 out of 31 games. After winning the play-off against Bedford Blues at Sixways and both legs of the play-off final, Worcester secured promotion to the Premiership for the 2011-12 season.^[5]

References

↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.rfu.com/pdfs/U19MediaGuide_2006wc.pdf
↑ Brendan Gallagher (20 December 2007). "Chris Pennell chooses oval ball". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
↑ Mark Souster (December 27, 2008). "Chris Pennell making name for himself". London: The Times. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
↑ "Worcester Warriors 25-20 Cornish Pirates (agg 46-32)". BBC Sport (BBC News). 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

External links

v t e Worcester Warriors squad

Forwards	Abbott Andress Andrew Bécasseau Betty Brooker Creevy de Carpentier Fainga'anuku Goodhue Chris Jones Murray O'Donnell Percival Porter Schofield Senatore Shervington Taulava Thomas Williams

Backs	Arr Clarke Drauniniu Fatiaki Gray Grove Hodgson Howard Lemi Matavesi Mieres Pennell Stephenson Su'a Symons Warwick

Coach	Ryan Hogg Howarth Cross Jones

Persondata
Name	Pennell, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	26 April 1987
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Date of death
Place of death

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