Charlie Beech

Last updated

Charlie Beech
Birth nameCharles Beech
Date of birth (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Stevenage, Hertfordshire [ citation needed ]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb) [1]
School Oakham School
Notable relative(s) Ian McGeechan [2] Graham Poll
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Coventry
Youth career
1995–2002 Biggleswade Rugby Club
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003–2007 Northampton Saints 1 (0)
2007–2011 Wasps 15 (10)
2011–2014 Bath Rugby 17 (10)
2014–2018 Yorkshire Carnegie 83 (9)
2018- Coventry ()
Correct as of 21 February 2012
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005-06 England U20s 4 (0)

Charlie Beech (born 21 July 1987 in Stevenage, England) is a rugby union player for Coventry R.F.C. in the RFU Championship. He plays as a prop.

Beech represented England at the U19 World Championship in 2006. [3] Beech also represented the England under-20 team in the 2007 Six Nations. [4]

Beech joined the academy of Northampton Saints in 2003, [5] he made one appearance for their senior side, against Rugby Viadana in the European Challenge Cup. [6] After Saints were relegated in the 2006–07 season, Beech signed for London Wasps. [7]

Beech made his competitive debut for Wasps against London Irish, in their first win of the 2007–08 Guinness Premiership. [8] He would have to wait another 13 months before his next appearance, [5] when he scored a match winning try against the Newcastle Falcons. [9] In April 2009, Beech signed a contract. [10]

It was announced on 8 March 2011 that Beech had signed for Bath on a three-year deal. [11] In October 2013, Beech signed for Yorkshire Carnegie on an indefinite loan from the rest of the 2013–14 season. [12] However, he signed a permanent deal with Yorkshire Carnegie, effectively leaving Bath. [13]

On 8 April 2018, Beech left Leeds to join Championship rivals Coventry [14]

Related Research Articles

Gareth Denman is an English rugby union player for Doncaster Knights in the RFU Championship.

Ben Harris is an English rugby union player. He also plays for the England national rugby sevens team. His playing position is loosehead prop.

Lewis Boyce is an English professional rugby union player, who plays as a loose-head prop for Premiership Rugby club Bath.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Umaga</span> England international rugby union footballer

Jacob Umaga is an English professional rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Italian United Rugby Championship side Benetton.

Tom West is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop, for Northampton Saints in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers and Wasps, also in Premiership Rugby.

Elliot Millar Mills is a rugby union player who currently plays for Northampton Saints in the English Premiership. He qualifies to play for the Scotland national rugby union team through his Scottish mother.

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Bath Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ↑ McRae, Donald (19 May 2009). "Details on relationship". London: The Guardian . Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Life's a Beech". RFU. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Wales U20 21–21 England U20". BBC. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Wasps profile". London Wasps official site. 14 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Captain Thompson back at hooker and debuts awarded to two Academy players". Northampton Saints official site. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2010.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Beech to surf Wasps wave". Sky Sports. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Wasps 28–14 London Irish". BBC. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Newcastle 17–23 Wasps". BBC. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Beech and Veale sign Wasps deals". BBC. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Young Stars commit future to Bath Rugby". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Yorkshire Carnegie sign Bath prop Charlie Beech on loan". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Charlie Beech signs permanent deal to leave Bath for Yorkshire Carnegie". Bath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Coventry sign props with Wasps, Bath, Northampton Saints and Leicester City FC experience!". Coventry Telegraph. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.