Paul Emerick

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Paul Emerick
Full name Paul Louis Emerick
Date of birth January 24, 1980 (1980-01-24) (age 32)
Place of birth Emmetsburg, Iowa
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre, Wing
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2000–2004
2010–
Northern Iowa Panthers
Malone RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2010
2010
2012-
Amatori Catania
Overmach Parma
Newport Gwent Dragons
Overmach Parma
Ulster Rugby
London Wasps
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003–present  United States 45 (75)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2002–2005, 2009–2010  United States 17
correct as of 28 Feb 2012.

Paul Emerick (born January 24, 1980) is a USA international rugby player. His position is centre or wing. He currently plays for London Wasps. [1]

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[edit] Club

Emerick played his university rugby with the Northern Iowa Panthers, then moved into senior rugby with the Chicago Lions[citation needed]. He moved to Italian rugby in the 2004–05 season joining Amatori Catania and then to Overmach Parma the following season. In the summer of 2006 Emerick completed a move to Celtic League side Newport Gwent Dragons, the side he helped knock out of the Heineken Cup in a playoff a few months earlier with Overmach Parma. In 2008 Emerick re-joined Italian club Overmach Parma from Welsh regional side Newport Gwent Dragons. Overmach Parma had gone through a re-organisation that saw the club merge with Noceto in August 2010 to form Crusaders Rugby Parma. In September 2010 he joined Ulster Rugby on a 3 month contract.[1] He signed a deal with London Wasps in February 2012.

[edit] International

Emerick was first capped by the USA Eagles in April 2003 against Spain and as of September 2011 Emerick has been capped 45 times scoring 15 tries (75 points).

Emerick received a yellow card in the closing minutes of the Eagles' 2007 World Cup match against England for a spear tackle on England's Olly Barkley which sent the English flyhalf flipping through the air, landing dangerously around his head. Emerick was subsequently suspended for five weeks, ruling him out of the remaining World Cup campaign.[2] He was again suspended for ten weeks in 2009 following the second RWCQ match between the USA Eagles and Canada. In the 27th minute he kicked Canadian center DTH van der Merwe in the head.[3]

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