Max Evans (rugby union)

Max Evans

Full name	Max Brian Evans
Date of birth	12 September 1983 (1983-09-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Torquay, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	87.9 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School	Wellington College, Berkshire
Notable relative(s)	Thom Evans Chris Evans
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Centre
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
2005–2006	London Scottish
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007–2011 2011–	Glasgow Warriors Castres	31	(30)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–	Scotland	24	(15)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2007	Scotland		(3)

Max Brian Evans (born 12 September 1983, Torquay, England) is a Scottish internationalist rugby union rugby player. He plays in the centre and plays club rugby for Castres.

Background

Evans formerly attended Wellington College with his brother and fellow Scottish internationalist, Thom,^[1] as well as friends and former rugby team mates James Haskell and Paul Doran-Jones of Gloucester Rugby.

He is a cousin of disc jockey, Chris Evans.^[2]

Playing career

Evans played golf professionally in Portugal from 2004–06 while recovering from a back injury suffered while playing for Harlequins' academy side.

Evans played for London Scottish in 2005–2006 with former Scottish international Kenny Logan and former Waratahs winger and Australia A & 7's star Matt Dowling.

He earned his first cap for Scotland against Canada in November 2008. He scored his first try for his country on 8 February 2009, after coming on as a substitute for his younger brother, Thom, in the Six Nations match against Wales. Thom, who also played for Glasgow Warriors, was later forced to retire from rugby on 1 July 2010 as a result of a spinal injury he sustained in Scotland's 2010 match against Wales. On 10 May 2009, while playing for Glasgow against the Ospreys, Max sustained an injury to his knee, ruling him of competition for at least six months,^[3] although he has been named to Andy Robinson's 44-man national squad and has said he would like to return to the pitch in time for Glasgow's first Heineken Cup tilt against Biarritz on 10 October.^[3]

On 14 February 2011 Evans confirmed he would leave the Glasgow Warriors^[4] to join Castres^[5]

References

1. ^ "Thom and Max Evans named in Scotland’s Six Nations team to face France" Brendan Gallagher, 11 February 2009, The Telegraph
2. ^ "DJ Evans hails 'miracle' medical staff". BBC News. 15 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8515868.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Scots star Max Evans faces six month lay-off with knee injury". The Daily Record. 14 May 2009. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/rugby-news/2009/05/14/scots-star-max-evans-faces-six-month-lay-off-with-knee-injury-86908-21356950/. Retrieved 2009-10-01. 
4. ^ "Max Evans to leave as Graeme Morrison stays at Glasgow". The BBC. 14 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/glasgow/9397152.stm. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 
5. ^ http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6757358,00.html

External links

• Scotland profile

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Name	Evans, Max
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Date of birth	12 September 1983
Place of birth	Torquay, England
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