Courtney Lawes

Courtney Lawes

Date of birth	23 February 1989 (1989-02-23) (age 22)
Place of birth	Hackney, London, England
Height	2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	111 kg (17 st 7 lb) [1]
School	Northampton School for Boys Moulton College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock / Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Northampton Old Scouts
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007–	Northampton Saints	59	(10)
correct as of 20 November 2010.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–	England	13	(0)

Courtney Lawes (born 23 February 1989 in Hackney, England)^[2] is a professional rugby player for Northampton Saints, who play in the Aviva Premiership. Lawes is a versatile player, equally at home in the second and back rows. Indeed, he is the very epitome of the modern rugby forward, more akin to a basketball player thanks to an athletic 6 ft 7in, 115 kg frame. Lawes is also a true local Northampton boy, raised within a stone's throw from Franklin's Gardens. Lawes is another member of the Saints Academy off the famed production line of Northampton Old Scouts, the same club that produced his former team mate Rob Milligan as well as Ben Cohen and Steve Thompson amongst others. Lawes has won England representative honours for the U18 and U20 sides and won his first senior cap against Australia in November 2009.

Career

He toured Australia with England Under 18s in 2007 and made his Saints first team debut against Esher in National One in the 2007–08 season.^[3] He missed out on the 2008 U20s Six Nations through injury but featured in the IRB Junior World Championship that year.

The following season (2008–09) he played in the Guinness Premiership, the EDF Energy Trophy and the European Challenge Cup, receiving the Man of The Match award in the home game against Montpellier.^[4] He established a reputation for making huge tackles, notably against Montpellier and in the final of the ECC Tournament against Bourgoin where he hit Morgan Parra in a tackle so hard that his shoulder dislocated.^[5]

In the summer of 2009 was a member of the England Under 20 team that reached the final of the JWC in Tokyo.^[6]

On 7 July, Lawes was selected for the England Saxons squad.^[7] On 26 October, Lawes received his first call-up to the England Rugby Elite Squad.^[8] He made his England debut on 7 November in the 18–9 defeat against Australia at Twickenham, replacing Leicester's Louis Deacon for the last 12 minutes of the match.

On 6 March, Courtney Lawes will be starting for the first time since 8 January where he injured his knee when Northampton Saints lost against Leicester 27-16

References

1. ^ "RFU Official Site of the RFU, Governing Body of Rugby Union in England". web page. RFU. http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandElite/CourtneyLawes.aspx. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Courtney Lawes: England's hopes are looking up". The Independent (London). 17 January 2010. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/courtney-lawes-englands-hopes-are-looking-up-1870321.html. 
3. ^ "Northampton Saints 74–10 Esher". Official Northampton Saints Website. 20 October 2007. http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_4324.php. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Second bonus point puts Saints top of Euro pool". Official Northampton Saints Website. 18 October 2008. http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_5169.php. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Northampton 15–3 Bourgoin". BBC. 22 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8061722.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
6. ^ "England lose out to New Zealand in Junior final". RFU. 21 June 2009. http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/22967. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
7. ^ Wilkinson returns to England fold BBC Sport. 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
8. ^ Injury-hit England make changes BBC Sport. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

External links

• Northampton Profile
• England Profile
• England U20s Profile
• Guinness Premiership Profile

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Name	Lawes, Courtney
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Date of birth	1989-02-23
Place of birth	Hackney
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