Will Safe

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Will Safe
Birth nameWill Safe
Date of birth (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Stratton, Cornwall, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
School Bournside School, Hartpury College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker/Number 8
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016-2019
2019–		 Gloucester
Hartpury College 		11
0		 (5)
(0)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015
2015–2016		 England U18s
England U20s

Will Safe (born 11 June 1996) is an English rugby union player.

Safe started playing rugby at Old Patesians in Cheltenham, before joining Hartpury College in the summer of 2012, where he became a full-time member of the Gloucester Academy.

He represented England U18s, winning two AASE League titles and a FIRA Championship back in the 2014-15 season. [1] He was also named in the England U20s for the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [2]

On 24 May 2018, Safe signed his first professional contract with Gloucester, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2018-19 season. [3]

In August 2019, following his release from Gloucester, Safe returns to Hartpury College in the RFU Championship from the 2019-20 season. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Young Gun: Will Safe – Gloucester No.8". The Rugby Paper. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "England U20 name Elite Player Squad". England Rugby. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Flanker graduates from academy to senior Gloucester Rugby squad". Gloucestershire Live. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hartpury sign flanker released by Gloucester Rugby at the end of last season". Gloucestershire Live. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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