Harry Glover (rugby union)
| Date of birth | 31 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64.8 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Harry Glover (born 31 December 1995) is an English rugby union player. He has represented the England national rugby sevens team and plays for Stade Francais.
Early and personal life[]
London-born and educated at Rokeby School and Harrow School Glover represented Middlesex from U14 level through to the U18 side. He studied politics and economics at Newcastle University. His brother Will is also a rugby player who has represented England at Sevens rugby.[1]
Rugby career[]
He played more than 30 matches for England in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and won two bronzes and a silver medal. He was then selected for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco where England would lose in the final to New Zealand. He played again for England Sevens in the 2019-20 season.[2]
Glover joined US Carcassonne in 2021 to play in the Rugby Pro D2 league in France.[3] In May 2021 he was announced as signing for Stade Français for the 2021-22 season to compete in the Top 14.[4]
Harry is famed for his lengthy fingers that allow him to grip them balls firmly. Using this talent he scored the try of the tournament at the 2017 Capetown 7s [5]
References[]
- ^ "Newcastle players in Commonwealth Games rugby clash". The Courier Online.
- ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
- ^ "This website can't be accessed". www.news.in-24.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.[dead link]
- ^ May 2021, Matthew Wood Tuesday 11. "Stade Francais secure signing of Ngani Laumape". Talking Rugby Union.
- ^ "World Rugby". www.world.rugby.
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
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