Shaun Knight

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Shaun Knight
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Date of birth (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Gloucester, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight119 kg (18 st 10 lb) [1]
SchoolBeaufort Community School
Notable relative(s) Ciaran Knight (cousin)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Rouen
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2015 Gloucester Rugby 78 (10)
2011 → Edinburgh 5 (0)
2015–2016 Newport Gwent Dragons 21 (0)
2016–2018 Bath 21 (0)
2018–2020 Rouen 25 (5)
2020– Hartpury University ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
  England Saxons

Shaun Knight (born 19 February 1990) is an English rugby union player, currently playing for Hartpury University. He plays as a prop.

Knight played for Matson, Gloucester, and as a dual-registered player for Moseley Rugby Football Club and Cinderford RFC.

He was a member of England's 2009 and 2010 Junior World Cup squads and he spent July to October 2010 with Counties Manukau in New Zealand as part of their wider ITM Cup squad.

In July 2015 Knight joined the Welsh regional team Newport Gwent Dragons. [2]

In September 2016 he joined Bath for the remainder of the 2016–17 season, [3] which became a permanent deal until the end of the 2017–18 season. [4]

On 28 May 2018, he left Bath to travel to France to join Rouen in the third division Federale 1, linking up with their head coach Richard Hill. [5]

On 27 April 2020, Knight returned to Gloucester, England to sign for Hartpury University in the RFU Championship from the 2020–21 season. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Gloucester tight-head prop Shaun Knight signs for Newport Gwent Dragons". South Wales Argus. 24 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bath: Centre Robbie Fruean & prop Shaun Knight join Premiership club". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Newport tight-head prop Shaun Knight signs permanent deal with Bath". South Wales Argus. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Shaun Knight joins Richard Hill's French revolution after leaving Bath Rugby". Somerset Live. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Former Gloucester Rugby prop Shaun Knight to join Hartpury RFC". Gloucestershire Live. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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