Jamie Gibson
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Jamie Gibson is an English
rugby union
player who plays at flanker
for London Irish
in the Aviva Premiership. He was a member of the Grand Slam winning England U18 side in 2008 and is currently a member of the England Under 20 team
that reached the third place play off in the 2010 JWC
. He had an outstanding tournament scoring tries in important pool game wins against Ireland and France.
He attended Marlborough College
in Wiltshire, and now reads Classics at University College, Oxford
, yet he missed out on the Varsity Match
against Cambridge two years in a row through injury.
He went on to have a successful 2010-2011 at London Irish starting multiple games at openside flanker, and has been tipped to permanently replace the departing Steffon Armitage next year by head coach Toby Booth. Gibson went on to have an outstanding summer playing for England in the non cap match against the Barbarians, and later was involved in the England Saxons Churchill Cup winning squad, scoring against Canada.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who plays at flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
for London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
in the Aviva Premiership. He was a member of the Grand Slam winning England U18 side in 2008 and is currently a member of the England Under 20 team
England national under-20 rugby union team
The England under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19's and Under 21's. They are coached by the RFU's National Academy Coach, Mark Mapletoft. Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World...
that reached the third place play off in the 2010 JWC
2010 IRB Junior World Championship
The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board...
. He had an outstanding tournament scoring tries in important pool game wins against Ireland and France.
He attended Marlborough College
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...
in Wiltshire, and now reads Classics at University College, Oxford
University College, Oxford
.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...
, yet he missed out on the Varsity Match
The Varsity Match
The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. By tradition, the match is held on the second Tuesday of December. In 2005, however, this changed, and the match was on Tuesday 6 December. In 2007, it was held on a Thursday for...
against Cambridge two years in a row through injury.
He went on to have a successful 2010-2011 at London Irish starting multiple games at openside flanker, and has been tipped to permanently replace the departing Steffon Armitage next year by head coach Toby Booth. Gibson went on to have an outstanding summer playing for England in the non cap match against the Barbarians, and later was involved in the England Saxons Churchill Cup winning squad, scoring against Canada.