Josh Peters

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Josh Peters
Birth nameJoshua Jason Peters
Date of birth (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 26)
Place of birthSidcup, England
Height2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Youth career
–2015 Marbella RFC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2018 Northampton Saints 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Coventry (loan) 7 (10)
2017–2018 → Cambridge (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2020 Blackheath 20 (5)
2020– ()
Correct as of 7 April 2019
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 England U18s 14 (0)
2018– Spain 5 (0)
Correct as of 7 April 2019

Joshua J. Peters is a Spanish international rugby union player playing for Stade Dijonnais in Nationale, French's third tier. He has previously played for Coventry and Cambridge and was part of Northampton Saints academy and Blackheath until 2020.[1]

Born in Sidcup Peters moved to Spain aged 2,[1] and began his rugby career in Spain playing for Marbella RFC before returning to the UK to join Oundle School.[2]

Playing for both Spain Under-17s and Under-18s as well as England Under-17s and Under-18s, Peters featured in the Saints Junior Academy before signing a professional contract to become a part of their Senior Academy set-up.[3]

Peters was selected in the England U17s squad for the 2012/13 season and then featured for the England U18s in 2013 making his debut against Scotland.[4][5][6]

Most recently, Peters signed a dual-registers contract with Coventry for the 2016/17 season.[7]

Peters made his Spain debut on 3 March 2018 against Georgia in Tbilisi.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Joshua Peters, el gigante bailarín" (in Spanish). Revista H. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ Verdier, Nick (August 29, 2013). "Young Gun: Josh Peters – Northampton lock". The Rugby Paper.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  5. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  6. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  7. ^ Wilkinson, John; Smith, Paul (January 5, 2017). "Cov's Boris Stankovich becomes Leicester's Cockerill stand-in". coventrytelegraph.
  8. ^ "Josh Peters ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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