James Short (rugby union)
| Birth name | James Short | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 15 October 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Redhill, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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James Short (born 15 October 1989 in Redhill, England) is an English rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Saracens on loan at London Wasps in the Aviva Premiership. He was educated at the famous Tonbridge School in Kent.
Club career
James Short has played for Saracens since 2007.
In this season James made his Saracens debut although he mainly spent this season as a regular in the Saracens Storm playing in the A league. Overall in the season he made 4 appearances.
The 2010-2011 season was really James' breakthrough season for the Saracens team. He played regularly in the Saracens team and got a reputation for being a prolific try scorer and was the top try scorer for Saracens in this season. James also scored the only try[2] in the 2011 Aviva Premiership Final helping Saracens to win their first ever Premiership final in a 22-18 victory over Leicester Tigers. Overall in the season Short made 24 appearances and scored 13 tries. He is the most paleolithic player in the Premiership. He is the founder of the "Say no to Aspartame Initiative", which has garnered very little attention at his current club. Other hobbies include the investigation into the moon landing conspiracy and bigfoot sightings.
At the end of the 2013/14 season he will join London Irish.
References
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Saracens". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Leicester 18-22 Saracens". BBC News. 28 May 2011.