Sunni Jardine

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Sunni Jardine
Date of birth (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 (age 25) [1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
University University of Birmingham
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
-2020 Wasps ()
2020-2021 Bournville ()
2021-2022 Boucau-Tarnos ()
2023 Union Bordeaux Bègles ()
2023 Floirac ()
2023-2024 Rosslyn Park ()
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2024- GB 7s

Sunni Jardine (born 30 December 1999) is an English rugby union footballer who plays as a fly half and plays for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team.

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Club career

He was a youngster at Wasps RFC and featured for the club in the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series and Premiership Rugby Cup. [3] [4] He signed for Bournville RFC in 2020. [5]

He played the 2021-22 season in France for Boucau-Tarnos. [6] He later signed in France for Union Bordeaux Bègles [7] and also played in France for Floirac. [8]

Returning to England he played for Rosslyn Park in 2023 and 2024. [9] [10]

International career

He was the top try scorer for GB Sevens at the 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series in Croatia in June 2024. [11] He featured for GB Sevens at the Dubai Sevens in November 2024, the opening of the 2024-25 SVNS series, as the team reached the quarterfinals. [12] [13]

Personal life

He attended the University of Birmingham. [7]

References

  1. "Sunni Jardine". TNT Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. "Sunni Jardine". All.Rugby. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. "Premiership Rugby Cup - Match report Gloucester vs Wasps, le 27/10/2018".
  4. "Saints bow out of Premiership Rugby 7s at quarter-final stage". Northampton Chronicle. 28 July 2018.
  5. Bridge, Bobby (15 June 2020). "Wasps news and transfer latest: Fly-half Sunni Jardine leaves, ex-Wasp retires aged 25, Dan Robson's new role and new kit arrives". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  6. Trasbot, François (September 23, 2022). "Rugby (Federal 2): Jardine, the great traveler". Sudouest.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 Jackson, Megan (8 June 2023). "Celebrating our Sporting Superstars: Sports Awards Round-up". Sportandfitneee.bham.ac.uk.
  8. "Rugby : Rion-Morcenx n'a pas existé face à l'ogre Floirac". Sudouest. 12 Nov 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. "Rams RFC grind out Rosslyn Park win to maintain perfect National One start". rdg.today. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  10. "Squad announcement 2024/25". Rosslynpark.co.uk. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  11. "We pick out our men's team of the 7s Championship". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  12. "Dubai SVNS: Kenya shock BlitzBoks, Spain upset New Zealand". Rugby365. 30 November 2024.
  13. "GB face Spain in Dubai QFs". The Rugby Paper. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.