Olly Kohn

Olly Kohn
Full name Oliver Kohn
Date of birth (1981-03-19) 19 March 1981
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 138 kg (21 st 10 lb)
School The Ridings High School
St. Brendan's Sixth Form College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Youth clubs
Clifton
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1999-2002
2002-2003
2003-2006
2006-2013
Bristol
Plymouth Albion
Bristol
Harlequins
0
23
38
140
(0)
(25)
(10)
(20)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2013 Wales 1 (0)

Olly Kohn (born 19 March 1981 in Bristol) is a Wales international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion.[1]

A lock forward, Kohn won the English Premiership with Harlequins in 2011-12.[2]

Kohn was forced to retire at the end of the 2012/2013 season due to injury.

International

In January 2013 Kohn announced that he was eligible to play for Wales as his grandfather was from the Rhymney Valley.[3] On 25 January 2013 Kohn was called up to the Wales squad for the 2013 Six Nations Championship.[2] Kohn made his international debut for Wales in their first match of the 2013 Six Nations Championship against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 2 February 2013 as a second half replacement.

External links

References

  1. "Kohn gets Wales call-up". WRU Newsroom. Welsh Rugby Union. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Six Nations: Shock Wales call up for Quins lock Olly Kohn". BBC Sport (BBC). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. Kohn eligible for Wales


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