Russell Earnshaw is a rugby union player who currently plays flanker for English Championship side Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club.

Club Rugby

Earnshaw has player Premiership rugby with West Hartlepool

West Hartlepool

This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England...

, Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...

 and Rotherham Titans, winning the European Cup whilst at Bath. He then joined Worcester in Division 1 and helped them to win promotion to the Premiership before signing for Doncaster where he played the 05/06 and 06/07 seasons. While at university at Cambridge he played for the Blues side in two winning Varsity matches.

International Rugby

Earnshaw has played for England on the IRB Sevens circuit. He is currently assistant coach to the England 7's team.

Coaching

While at Doncaster Earnshaw helped to coach the side and joined Pertemps Bees for the 07/08 season as player/forwards coach. He is now head coach of Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Club and assistant coach of the England 7's team.

In 2010, Russell completed the 'Great Escape' for Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club, leading them to an unexpected resurgence in the relegation playoffs, despite not having won a game for the entire season. Though Russell dislocated his shoulder in the penultimate game; a defeat at home at the hands of relegation-rivals Coventry

Coventry R.F.C.

Coventry Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in the city of Coventry, England. The club enjoyed national success during the 1960s and the 1970s, with many of its players playing for their countries....

, Russell lined up on the pitch at Billesley Common two weeks later to help the Bees in their 34-38 defeat of Moseley.

External links

• http://www.beesrugby.com