Ross Harrison (rugby union)

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Ross Harrison
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Birth nameRoss Alexander Harrison
Date of birth (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bolton, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb) [1]
School Lymm High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011– Sale Sharks 284 (5)
2011 → Sedgley Park (loan) 1 (0)
Correct as of 6 June 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
England U18
2012 England U20 7 (0)
2016 England Saxons 1 (0)
2017 England
Correct as of 6 June 2017

Ross Harrison (born 3 September 1992 in Bolton, England) is a rugby union player for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a prop. He was called up to the England Saxons squad in January 2015 [2] and made his 100th appearance for Sale Sharks against Harlequins on 6 November 2015. [3]

Harrison was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014 [4] and toured South Africa with England Saxons in the summer of 2016. [5] In May 2017 he was invited to a training camp with the senior England squad by Eddie Jones. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks - Ross Harrison profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sale Sharks boss hails Danny Cipriani and Ross Harrison call-ups". web page. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sale Sharks looking to dish out some capital punishment against Harlequins". web page. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "England squad: Nathan Hughes in, Danny Cipriani and Chris Ashton out". BBC Sport. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "England rugby: Willi Heinz and Jason Woodward selected for training camp". BBC. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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