Russell Winter (rugby union)

Russell Winter

Birth name	Russell George Winter
Date of birth	(1975-08-17) August 17, 1975
Place of birth	Johannesburg
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back-row Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2006 2006–09 Template:Rut Golden Lions Newcastle Falcons 50 (10) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–03 2004 2005–06 Template:Rut Cats → Template:Rut Sharks Template:Rut Cats 11 1 (0) (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) South Africa A Coaching career Years Team 2009–15 2016– Template:Rut Golden Lions Template:Rut Western Province

Russell Winter (born 17 August 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former rugby union player and currently a forwards coach. Winter mainly played as a number eight.

He represented the Template:Rut Golden Lions in the South African domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions between 1998 and 2006 and also played for their Super Rugby side, the Template:Rut Cats, between 2001 and 2003, as well as in 2006. He spent the 2004 Super 12 season with Durban-based side the Template:Rut Sharks.

He represented the South African Sevens side on two occasions – at the 1998 Hong Kong Sevens and the 1998 Commonwealth Games and was included in a South Africa A squad that toured Europe in 2001.

He joined English Premiership side Newcastle Falcons in 2006 and made 50 appearances for them before leaving at the end of the 2009 season.

He returned to Johannesburg to take up a coaching role at the Template:Rut Golden Lions, where he was in charge of the Template:Rut Golden Lions U21s and their Vodacom Cup side between 2011 and 2015.

After the 2015 season, it was announced that he would become the forwards coach of Template:Rut Western Province and the Template:Rut Stormers.

External links

• Newcastle Falcons profile