Rory Clegg
| Date of birth | 6 January 1990 | ||
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| Place of birth | Hanover, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) [1] | ||
| School | Barnard Castle School | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Fly-half | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2008–2009 2009–2013 2013– |
Newcastle Falcons Harlequins Newcastle Falcons |
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Rory Clegg (born 6 January 1990) is a rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fly-half
Early life
Rory Clegg was born on 6 January 1990 at the British Military Hospital in Hanover, Germany as his father, who played rugby for the Army Veterans, was a serving British soldier based in nearby Wolfenbuttel. He has two brothers Gavin and Bruce; Gavin also served in the British Army as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers. All 3 brothers attended Barnard Castle School in County Durham and played for the School 1st XV coached by former Harlequin, Martin Pepper. Rory started playing rugby with Darlington RFC and Barnard Castle School aged 10 and went on to represent Barnard Castle School 1st XV, coached by former Harlequin Martin Pepper, County Durham and the North of England at age group levels. [2][3]
Career
By the time Rory Clegg celebrated his twenty first birthday in 2011, he had not only represented England at three levels (U16, U18 and U20)but also played in 25 Guinness Premiership matches and scored 96 points, split between Harlequins and Newcastle Falcons.
Rory made his England Saxons’ debut for his country’s youngest Churchill Cup squad and converted 11 of the 13 tries in the 87-8 win over the USA at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton in the opening match on June 4, 2011. He also landed all his seven kicks, five conversions and two penalty goals, despite the wind and rain, in the 41- 14 win against Tonga at Kingsholm, Gloucester eight days later. The Churchill Cup final at Sixways, Worcester was against Canada, and he was named man of the match in the 37-6 victory.
He began his representative career with England Under 16s, became the starting fly half for the unbeaten under 18 side in 2008 and played for the under 20s’ team in the 2009 and 2010 IRB Junior World Championships in Japan and Argentina.
He has participated in overseas tours to New Zealand, with his school, with England sides to Australia, Argentina and Japan and routinely to Europe as part of European rugby cup competitions.
Spotted by Rob Andrew, Rory launched his top level club career for the Newcastle Falcons when 18 as deputy for the injured Jonny Wilkinson against Sale Sharks in September 2008. He landed three penalty goals in a 14-9 Guinness Premiership defeat that impressed Falcons’ director of rugby Steve Bates, who said: “He was outstanding for a youngster playing his first game against a back line full of internationals.”
In 2009 he moved to Harlequins and made his starting debut in the Premiership on October 31 in front of a record sell-out crowd of 14,282 at the Twickenham Stoop. In the final minute, he booted over a third penalty from the half way line that salvaged a 9-9 draw with London Irish. He went on to make over 50 appearances for Harlequins amassing over 270 points before being lured back to Newcastle Falcons by Dean Richards. During the period Jan-Apr 2013 he was loaned to Leeds Carnegie where he played 8 games amassing a total of 80 points.
Rory Clegg joined the Falcons ahead of the 2013-14 Aviva Premiership following their promotion from the RFU Championship. His current contract with the Falcons runs until the end of the 2014/15 season.
His mentors have included Rob Andrew, Mark Mapletoft, Jonny Wilkinson and Nick Evans.
References
- ↑ "Harlequins 1st XV". web page. Harlequins. 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "Clash of the Old Boys". bardnardcastleschool.org.uk.
- ↑ "Miller's glorious stop makes Warwick's day". Daily Mail. 28 March 2007.
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