Phil Thiel

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Phillip Thiel
Rugby union career
Full name	Phillip Thiel
Date of birth	(1984-10-29) October 29, 1984
Place of birth	Traverse City, Michigan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	113 kg (249 lb; 17 st 11 lb)
Playing career
Position	Prop, Hooker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Life University Traverse Bay Blues RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Cinderford	9	10
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009-	United States	17	(0)
correct as of 8 December 2013.

Phillip Thiel (born 29 October 1984), is an American rugby league and former rugby union player who currently plays for Life University in the Varsity Cup. He plays both hooker and prop after his stint with the American Super League Club, Life University. He was selected to tour with the United States national rugby union team, the Eagles, for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe and most recently for the Autumn 2013 tour against the Maori All Blacks, Georgia and Russia. His debut with the Eagles was in November 2009 against Uruguay. He played in 3 matches for the USA in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

After taking nearly 18 months off, Thiel returned to play for Life University for the 2013 Division 1 and Elite Cup Series^[1] and was selected to represent Life University rugby at the Rugby Showdown against the Golden Lions as a member of the North American All-Stars before the event was canceled.^[2] Thiel co-captained the USA Eagles Select team at the 2013 Americas Rugby Championship ^[3] where the Eagles finished second.^[4]

References

http://rugbymag.com/international-news/7560-north-american-all-stars-named.html http://rugbymag.com/super-league-/7589-life-big-over-boston-in-elite-cup-opener.html

External links

v t e United States squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Basauri Biller Clever (c) Danahy Fry Gagiano Johnson LaValla MacDonald McClenahan Moeakiola Pittman Smith Stanfill Thiel van der Giessen

Backs	Emerick Enosa Hawley Malifa Ngwenya Paterson Petri (vc) Scully Sifa A. Suniula R. Suniula Swiryn Usasz Wyles

Coach	O'Sullivan

Persondata
Name	Thiel, Phillip
Alternative names	Papa Bear, Big Dave USA, Francois
Short description	AKA Conan The Barbarian impersonator
Date of birth	29 October 1984
Place of birth	Traverse City, Michigan
Date of death
Place of death

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