Alex Goode
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| Birth name | Alexander Goode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | May 7, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Faith's School The Leys School Oakham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Joanne Goode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Alexander Vallance Goode (born 7 May 1988) is a professional English rugby union player playing in the Aviva Premiership for Saracens F.C..
Biography
All-rounder Goode appeared at the national schools athletics finals, played county tennis and was part of the Ipswich Town football academy before joining Saracens.
He is the nephew of Jo Goode, who won an Olympic bronze in Badminton in Sydney.
A fly half by trade, he moved to full back and has played the majority of his games for Saracens in these positions.
He was educated at St Faith's School, The Leys and Oakham, and at the University of Hertfordshire.
Club career
Goode made his club debut against Bristol Rugby.[2] In December 2009, Goode signed a new three year contract.[3]
Representative Honours
Goode has represented England at Under 16A and Under 18 level. Goode played at the 2007 Under 19 Rugby World Championship.[4]
In 2008 Goode was a member of the England under-20 team that won the grand slam[5] and reached the final of the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship.[6]
In January 2009 Goode made his debut for the England Saxons, against Portugal.[7]
On June 16, 2012 Goode made his test debut for England against South Africa, coming off the bench on 16 June 2012 in a 36-27 loss. [8]
Goode was part of the squad selected for the 2012 Autumn internationals, because of injuries to Ben Foden he started all 4 of the games at full back. He played well enough to earn himself QBE Man of the Match in England's 54-12 win over Fiji.[9] He was impressive in all of the games including England's spectacular win over New Zealand.
References
- ^ "Saracens". Saracens.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Saracens 25–20 Bristol". BBC. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "Alex Goode and Andy Saull sign new Saracens deals". BBC. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "England U19 31–13 Argentina U19". BBC. 2007-04-17. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "Grand Slam glory for England Under 20s". RFU. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "England U20 3–38 NZ U20". BBC. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "England Saxons 66–0 Portugal". BBC. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ "South Africa 36-27 England". BBC. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ "Alex Goode". RFU.