Alex Rae (rugby union)

Alex Rae
Date of birth (1986-02-02) 2 February 1986
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 229 lb (104 kg; 16.4 st)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2005–2009
2009–2013
2013–		 Northampton Saints
Bedford Blues
Jersey		 12 (0)

Alexander "Alex" Rae[1] born 2 February 1986 in Coventry, England is a rugby union player for Jersey where he is captain. He plays at lock. He previously played for the Northampton Saints, Saracens, London Wasps and Bedford Blues.

Personal life

Rae was educated at Woodlands Academy, Coventry.[2]

Club career

Rae started his rugby career playing at Northampton Saints after coming up through their academy.[3] He made his debut in 2005.[1] He signed a full time contract with them in 2007, however he only made 12 appearances with 2 starts while at Northampton Saints. In 2009, he was loaned out to Nottingham R.F.C.[4] and later in the year moved to Bedford Blues[5] and was named as the vice-captain in the 2011-12 season, being named as captain when James Pritchard was playing at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[6] In 2012 he played for Saracens F.C. on dual registration with Bedford Blues.[7] In 2013 he was loaned to English Premiership side London Wasps so that Rae could play top flight rugby. London Wasps also paid compensation to Bedford Blues for the loan.[8] In August 2013, Rae left Bedford Blues and moved to Jersey R.F.C.. Upon signing, he was given the captaincy of Jersey for the 2013-14 RFU Championship season.[9] In May 2014, it was announced that Jersey had retained Rae for the 2014-15 RFU Championship season.[10]

International career

Rae has played for the England national rugby sevens team.[11] He has also represented the England national under-18 rugby union team, the England national under-19 rugby union team and the England national under-20 rugby union team.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alex Rae". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  2. ↑ Telegraph, Coventry (2013-02-09). "Cov Kid Alex Rae has landed a move to rugby's top flight with London Wasps". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. ↑ "New deals for Northampton duo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  4. ↑ "Nottingham swoop for Saints pair". BBC News. 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  5. 1 2 "Alex Rae to Captain Jersey Rugby Club". ITV Channel Television. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  6. ↑ "Rae handed Blues captaincy". Bedfordshire-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  7. ↑ "Rugby union: Saracens' Sam Stanley could join Bedford Blues". Bedfordshire-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  8. ↑ "Rugby union: London Wasps compensate Bedford Blues for Alex Rae". Bedfordshire-news.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  9. ↑ "Jersey hand captaincy to new signing Alex Rae". BBC Sport. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  10. ↑ "Jersey RFC squad takes shape". ITV Channel Television. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  11. ↑ "Wider England Sevens squad named". Rugby Football Union. 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2014-07-14.

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