Steven Vile
| Full name | Steven Jeremy Vile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Waratah, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Jeremy Vile (born 16 July 1970) is an Australian-born New Zealand former professional rugby union player.[1]
Born in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah, Vile was educated in Auckland, where he attended Kelston Boys' High School.[2]
Vile was a New Zealand Schools representative player, making appearances for King Country and Auckland, before continuing his career in England. A goal-kicking fly-half, Vile was the top points scorer for West Hartlepool in both their 1997–98 and 1998–99 league campaigns, then in 1999 moved on to Bristol, newly promoted to the Premiership.[3] He joined Worcester in 2001, as back-up to Craig Chalmers and Tony Yapp.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Llewellyn, David (23 September 2000). "Vile ending for toothless Tigers". The Independent.
- ^ "NZ juniors too strong for ACT". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1988. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Aussie fly-half set for Sixways". Worcester News. 22 October 2001.
- ^ "Vile is suited by fast track". Worcester News. 10 November 2001.
External links
[edit]- Steven Vile at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Australian emigrants to New Zealand
- King Country rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- Bristol Bears players
- West Hartlepool R.F.C. players
- Worcester Warriors players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England
- People educated at Kelston Boys' High School