James Buckland

James Buckland
Full name James Buckland
Date of birth September 21, 1981
Place of birth Aylesbury, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
Youth clubs
Northampton Academy
Tawa
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2000–2002
2002–2007
2007–2008
2008 –		 Northampton
Leicester Tigers
London Wasps
London Irish		 0
69
9
3		 (0)
(15)
(5)
(0)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002
2006 –		 England U21
England Saxons

James Buckland (born 21 September 1981 in Aylesbury, England) is a former rugby union player who played at hooker for Leicester Tigers, London Wasps, London Irish in the Aviva Premiership.

Born and raised in Aylesbury, Buckland started playing at Aylesbury RFC.[2] Whilst playing for his home town club, he was spotted and offered a contract with the Northampton Saints.[2] He did not make an appearance for their senior team and later signed with the Leicester Tigers during the summer of 2002.[2]

That same summer, Buckland represented England at the 2002 IRB U21 World Championships.[3]

During his spell with the Tigers, Buckland featured in the 2007 Heineken Cup Final.[4] He also represented the England Saxons at the 2006 Churchill Cup.[5]

Buckland joined London Wasps for the 2007–08 season.[6] Buckland signed for London Irish in the summer of 2008.[7] James Buckland retired from the game due to injury and now is the forwards coach at Championship rugby club London Scottish from 2011/12 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - London Irish Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Inside Story: James Buckland". Leicester Tigers Official site. 2002-11-15. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  3. ↑ "Soden off as England U-21s win". BBC. 2002-06-21. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  4. ↑ "Heineken Cup final: Leicester 9–25 Wasps". BBC. 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  5. ↑ "England Saxons 27–30 Ireland A". BBC. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Wasps sign Buckland from Tigers". BBC. 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  7. ↑ "Buckland signed for London Irish". BBC. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

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