Jack Cosgrove (rugby union)

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Jack Cosgrove
Birth nameJack Cosgrove
Date of birth (1994-07-30) 30 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
School Coundon Court School
University Hartpury College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2017
2015–2016
2017−2018
2018−2019
2019
Worcester Warriors
Doncaster Knights
Edinburgh
London Scottish
Bristol
Worcester Warriors
Dragons
2
19
16
21
14
2
6
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2014 Scotland U20 12 (0)

Jack Cosgrove (born 30 July 1994) is a retired Scottish rugby union player playing most recently for Dragons in the Pro14.

Born in Coventry, Cosgrove attended Coundon Court School – alma mater of Scotland international Jim Hamilton – then Hartpury College, before joining Worcester Warriors Academy in 2013. In 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Edinburgh until May 2017. [1]

In March 2017, Cosgrove returned south with Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2017-18 Greene King IPA Championship season. [2]

In December 2018, Cosgrove left Bristol by mutual consent to return to Worcester Warriors. [3]

In June 2019, Cosgrove signed a two-year contract for Welsh region Dragons in the Pro14 from the 2019-20 season. [4]

It was announced in December 2019, that Cosgrove had been forced to retire from professional rugby, aged 25, because of a serious eye injury sustained in training. [5]

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The 2013–14 season was Edinburgh Rugby's thirteenth season competing in the Pro12.

The 2018–19 Pro14 is the eighteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the second season to be referred to as the Pro14.

References

  1. "Edinburgh Rugby sign Scotland U20 ace Jack Cosgrove". Edinburgh Evening News. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "Bristol sign Edinburgh prop Jack Cosgrove". BBC Sport. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. "Jack Cosgrove: Worcester Warriors re-sign Bristol Bears prop forward". BBC Sport. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. "Jack Cosgrove: Prop joins Dragons from Worcester". BBC Sport. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. "Jack Cosgrove: Dragons prop forced to retire through injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2019.