Graham Kitchener

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Graham Kitchener
Rugby union career

Date of birth	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989
Place of birth	Bromley
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb) ^[1]
School	Adams Grammar School
University	Birmingham University
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–2011 2011–	Worcester Warriors Leicester Tigers	61	25
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–2009 2011	England Under-20 England Saxons

Graham Kitchener (born 29 September 1989 in Bromley) is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a lock but can also play as a blindside flanker.

He has represented England at Under 16, 18 and Under 20 level, and played a part in the Under 20's 6 nations grand slam in 2008.^[2] He was also a crucial member of the 2009 Under 20 squad, reaching the final of the JWC.^[3]

Kitchener attended Adams' Grammar School in Newport like fellow professional rugby player Peter Short of Bath Rugby.^[4]

A talented all round athlete, he spent 3 years playing football for Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy before deciding to focus on rugby.^{[citation needed]} He was a schoolboy cricketer for Shropshire^{[citation needed]} and was the Midlands Under 17 Shot Put champion,^{[citation needed]} before finishing 6th in the English Schools championships. He combines his commitments as a professional rugby player with a full-time degree at University of Birmingham^{[citation needed]}

A graduate of the academy system at Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors, Graham Kitchener left the Warriors to join Leicester Tigers for the 2011-12 season.

He played for the England Saxons through 2011, including their successful Churchill Cup campaign.

References

↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
↑ "England U-20 43–14 Ireland U-20". RTÉ. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
↑ "England lose out to New Zealand in Junior final". RFU. 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
↑ "Kitchener Lords it at Sixways". BBC. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

External links

v t e Leicester Tigers squad

Forwards	Ayerza Brookes Castrogiovanni Chuter Cole Crane Croft de Carpentier Deacon Hawkins Kitchener Mafi Mulipola Newby Parling Salvi Slater Stankovich Waldrom T. Youngs

Backs	Allen Benjamin Bowden Flood Ford Goneva Hamilton Harrison Morris Murphy Smith Tait Thompstone M. Tuilagi Williams Young B. Youngs

Coach	Cockerill

Persondata
Name	Kitchener, Graham
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	29 September 1989
Place of birth	Bromley
Date of death
Place of death

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