Birth name | Samuel John Spink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kingston upon Thames, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hinchley Wood School Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Spink (born 6 October 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Saracens. [1]
In August 2017 Spink represented England under-18. [2] An ankle injury meant he missed the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [3]
Spink played 26 games and scored three tries for Wasps RFC between 2018 and 2022, and also spent time on loan at Nottingham. [4] In his last season at Wasps he played in their 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final defeat against Lyon. [5] In October 2022 Wasps entered administration and Spink was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. [6]
Spink joined Western Force and scored two tries in a game against Melbourne Rebels during the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. [7] He also featured in the following 2024 campaign. [8]
In April 2024 it was confirmed that Spink would leave Force to join Saracens. [4]