Jamie Houston
| Birth name | Jamie Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 189 kg (29 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Fitness instructor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982)[1] is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009.[1] Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt.[2]
Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.
After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany.[3]
After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season.[4] At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.[5]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2008, 2009
- Runners up: 2007, 2010
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2009
Stats
[edit]Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[6]
Club
[edit]| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Champions |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Runners up |
- As of 15 December 2010
National team
[edit]European Nations Cup
[edit]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions
[edit]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 15 December 2010
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jamie Houston profile at scrum.com accessed: 19 March 2010
- ^ Alpencup 2009: Absagenflut vor dem Aufeinandertreffen mit dem Team-Edelweiss (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
- ^ Ex-Nationalspieler Jamie Houston bietet Personal Trainings (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 21 October 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
- ^ Jamie Houston profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 19 March 2010
External links
[edit]- Jamie Houston at scrum.com
- (in German) Jamie Houston at totalrugby.de
- 1982 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- German rugby union players
- Germany international rugby union players
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- SC 1880 Frankfurt players
- Rugby union hookers
- German rugby union coaches
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- English expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- English expatriate rugby union players