Jamie Houston

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Jamie Houston
Birth nameJamie Houston
Date of birth (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birthEngland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight189 kg (29 st 11 lb)
Occupation(s) Fitness instructor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
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2006 – 2010		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dunsburgh RFC
Flag of England.svg Plymouth RFC
Flag of Germany.svg SC 1880 Frankfurt 		()
Correct as of 15 December 2010
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2010 Germany 6 (0)
Correct as of 15 December 2010
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2010 – 2011
2011 – 2012		 Flag of Germany.svg SC 1880 Frankfurt II
Flag of Germany.svg RG Heidelberg
Correct as of 26 August 2011

Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982) [1] is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.

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He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009. [1] Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt. [2]

Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.

After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany. [3]

After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season. [4] At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel. [5]

Honours

Club

Stats

Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby: [6]

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008–09 SC 1880 Frankfurt Rugby-Bundesliga 1640001st – Champions
2009–10 1540001st – Runners up

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2008–2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division506th – Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2009 Germany Friendly10
  • As of 15 December 2010

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References

  1. 1 2 Jamie Houston profile at scrum.com accessed: 19 March 2010
  2. ↑ Alpencup 2009: Absagenflut vor dem Aufeinandertreffen mit dem Team-Edelweiss (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
  3. ↑ Ex-Nationalspieler Jamie Houston bietet Personal Trainings (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 21 October 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
  4. ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
  5. ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
  6. ↑ Jamie Houston profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 19 March 2010
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