Neil Best
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1979 | ||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) [1] | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2002–2008 2008–2010 2010 – |
Ulster Northampton Worcester |
122 50 |
(90) (15) |
| correct as of 17 February 2010. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005 – | Ireland | 18 | (10) |
| correct as of 4 November 2009. | |||
Neil Best (born 3 April 1979[2] in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a rugby union footballer, He plays for Worcester Warriors and the Irish national team.
Best was a relative late comer to rugby, starting his career with Malone RFC.[3] He has a BSc and MA in chemical engineering. He scored 7 tries for Ulster in 2006 – three in the Heineken Cup and four in the Celtic League.
He made his Senior international début for Ireland as a replacement v New Zealand in November 2005. Also in November 2005, he scored his 1st Test try for v Romania.
His form for Ulster and during the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand saw Best included in the Ireland squad for the 2006 Autumn Internationals. He was named man of the match in Ireland's 21–6 victory against Australia at Lansdowne Road.[3]
It was announced in February 2008 that Best would join English side Northampton Saints at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
At the end of 2008, Best was banned for 18 weeks for wreckless contact with James Haskell Best played in the Ireland A squad in the 2008 Churchill Cup, and also played an integral part in the Ireland A team that won the 2009 Churchill Cup.
In February 2010 Best was given a seventeen month ban for Drunk Driving by Coalville Magistrates' Court. The court heard that Best was almost twice the legal limit when breathalysed by police after he crashed his car on the A512 at Thringstone, in Leicestershire.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/clubs/worcester_warriors.php?section=1. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ itsrugby.co.uk – Neil Best Profile, retrieved 2010-09-02
- ^ a b Irish Rugby Football Union – Neil Best Profile, retrieved 2010-09-02
- ^ http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/saints_star_neil_best_banned_for_drink_driving_1_896569
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