Peter Short (rugby union)
| Birth name | Peter Short | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 kg (19 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Adams' Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Short (born 20 June 1979 in Liverpool, England) was a rugby union footballer who played as a lock forward predominantly for Bath in the Aviva Premiership.
He began playing rugby at Adams' Grammar School, in Shropshire, captaining the team from the no. 8 position. He went on to attend UWIC, before moving to Loughborough University.
Short began his professional career with Moseley, before moving to top English side Leicester Tigers. There, he mostly played in the back row at blindside flanker. He spent four years at Leicester Tigers as part of the squad that were Premiership Champions from 1999-02 and back to back Heineken Cup winners 2001 & 2002, making 49 first XV appearances, before he moved to RC Narbonne of France and then to Bath.[2] Bath went on to win the European Challenge Cup in the 2007-08 season.
He has converted from no. 8 to flanker to lock,
He was called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008.[3][4]
The signing of Short was confirmed by Exeter Chiefs official website on 14 June 2011.[5] Unfortunately, Short was forced to retire from rugby in 2012 having failed to recover from a badly broken leg.
Short represented England Saxons at the 2009 Churchill Cup.[6]
Short now coaches sport at Canford School in Dorset.
References[edit]
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Exeter Chiefs". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Bath sign Short for next season". BBC. 17 February 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "England Saxons training squad for Italy A". RFU. 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ "Guest, Care and Jarvis join Skinner and Brown in England Saxons squad". Quins. 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ "Short seals Chiefs switch". Exeter Chiefs. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "England Saxons 28–20 Argentina A". BBC. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.