Nick Youngs
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Nicholas Gerald Youngs is a former English rugby union
footballer who played for Leicester Tigers
and England
, at scrum-half, gaining six England caps in 1983-1984. He also was an unused England reserve five times between 1981 and 1983.
He was educated at Cawston College
and Gresham's School
, Holt
, and is now a farmer
in Norfolk
.
His sons Tom
, a centre, (born 1987) and Ben
(born 1989), a half-back, have both made appearances for the Leicester first team and at England age group levels. Tom made his Tigers debut against London Irish
on Boxing Day 2006, but broke his leg after five minutes and came off after thirteen. Ben joined his father as a full England international when he made his debut as a substitute against Scotland in March 2010.
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...
footballer who played for Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
and England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, at scrum-half, gaining six England caps in 1983-1984. He also was an unused England reserve five times between 1981 and 1983.
He was educated at Cawston College
Cawston College
Cawston College was a public school in the English county of Norfolk in Great Britain.-History:Cawston College, one of the Woodard Schools, opened in 1964 at the former manor house of Cawston, Norfolk, with Mr. John Asquith as Headmaster...
and Gresham's School
Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk
Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...
, and is now a farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.
His sons Tom
Tom Youngs
Tom Youngs is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He has also played on loan at Bedford Blues and Nottingham....
, a centre, (born 1987) and Ben
Ben Youngs
Benjamin Ryder Youngs is an English rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers and England.-Background:...
(born 1989), a half-back, have both made appearances for the Leicester first team and at England age group levels. Tom made his Tigers debut against 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...
on Boxing Day 2006, but broke his leg after five minutes and came off after thirteen. Ben joined his father as a full England international when he made his debut as a substitute against Scotland in March 2010.