Neil Briggs

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Neil Briggs
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985
Place of birth	Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb) ^[1]
Playing career
Position	Hooker, Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2004–2005 2005–2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-	Rotherham Sale Sharks Bourgoin London Welsh Leicester Tigers	103	(30)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–	England Saxons

Neil Briggs (born 1 June 1985 in Germany) is a rugby union player for London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership.

Briggs plays as a Hooker, but he can also play as a Flanker.

Briggs started his career at Rotherham Titans before moving to Sale Sharks where he notched up 104 appearances from 2005 to 2011.^[2] In October 2011 he left Sale to join French club Bourgoin for the remainder of the 2011-2012 season^[3] before returning to the Aviva Premiership with London Welsh in 2012.^[2]

Briggs made his debut for the England Saxons against the Argentina Jaguars at the 2009 Churchill Cup.^[4]

After James Gaskell was injured in October 2010, Briggs was appointed Sale's captain for the remainder of the season.^[5] In turn, Briggs too succumbed to injury a month into his tenure as captain. The shoulder injury – which was sustained in a practise session when Briggs was tackled by Neil McMillan – sidelined him for up to three months.^[6]

For the 2013-2014 season Briggs is reported to have been signed by Leicester Tigers.^[7]

References

↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 London Welsh sign hooker Neil Briggs from Bourgoin, BBC Sport, 6 August 2012, retrieved 2013-05-11
↑ Neil Briggs leaves Sale Sharks for French side Bourgoin, BBC Sport, 4 October 2011, retrieved 2013-05-11
↑ "England Saxons 28–20 Argentina". BBC. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
↑ Neil Briggs handed Sale Sharks captaincy for the season, BBC Sport, 21 October 2010, retrieved 2010-10-25
↑ Leigh, Neil (26 November 2010), Briggs injury leaves Sale reeling, Manchester Evening News, retrieved 2010-12-01
↑ Neil Briggs and Jamie Gibson agree deals with Leicester Tigers, Leicester Mercury, 1 March 2013, retrieved 2013-05-11

External links

Sale Sharks profile

v t e London Welsh squad

Forwards	Bateman Briggs Bristow Brown Browne Corker Denbee Evans Hills Ion Jackson Joly Kulemin Montanella Moss Thiede Tideswell To'oala Williamson

Backs	Ajuwa Arscott Davies Davis Holmes Jewell Keats Keyte Lewis Mackenzie Parker Ross Runciman Scott Smith Tonga'uiha Voyce Whatling

Coach	Lyn Jones

Persondata
Name	Briggs, Neil
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby union player
Date of birth	1 June 1985
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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