Chris Horsman

Chris Horsman

Full name	Christopher Leslie Horsman
Date of birth	2 February 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 34)
Place of birth	Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	17 st 7 lbs (111 kg)
School	Sheldon school
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Tighthead prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2008	Bath Bridgend Celtic Warriors Worcester	27 72	(0) (20)
correct as of 19:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC).
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005-2007	Wales	14	(5)
correct as of 19:45, 3 February 2011 (UTC).

Chris Horsman (born 2 February 1977 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England) is a former Wales international rugby union player.

Club career

Horsman attended Sheldon school in Chippenham, Wiltshire and represented England at youth international level.^[1]

Horsman started his club career at Bath in 1997 before joining Bridgend in 2002. With the advent of regional rugby in Wales, Horsman was called up to the Celtic Warriors regional side, but when the club was disbanded due to financial difficulties in 2004 he was forced to seek another club.

Horsman signed for Worcester in July 2004 and established himself as one of the best props in the English game. He signed a contract extension at the beginning of 2006 to keep him at Sixways until the summer of 2010 but in July 2009 he announced his retirement after a series of injuries. He later announced his intentions to begin training as a referee.^[2]

International career

He was offered a place in the England national rugby union team, but two separate bouts with cancer prevented him from playing for England. However, he later chose play for Wales as he qualified through the three year international residency rule.

Horsman made his full Welsh debut on 11 November 2005 against Fiji at the Millennium Stadium. He scored his first and only try against England at Twickenham and he was selected for the Wales squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He attained 14 international caps for Wales in total.

Personal life

In 1997, Horsman was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which was successfully treated at the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton, London; only for him to later succumb to a strain of lymphatic cancer.^[3] Fortunately, this second occurrence of the disease was also nullified and Horsman returned to rugby.^[4]

References

1. ^ BBC - Wiltshire - Sport - Wilts schoolboy Six Nations debut
2. ^ Horseman aims to become a referee BBC.co.uk
3. ^ Why Chris Horsman is dubbed the Lance Armstrong of rugby - icWales
4. ^ BBC - Hereford and Worcester - Sport - My battle with cancer

External links

• Welsh Rugby Profile on WRU.co.uk
• Worcester Warriors Profile at Warriors.co.uk
• Guinness Premiership Profile at GuinnessPremiership.com

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Name	Horsman, Chris
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Date of birth	2 February 1977
Place of birth	Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
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