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.
| Born | Jamie Houston 5 August 1982 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Fitness instructor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editClub
edit- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2008, 2009
- Runners up: 2007, 2010
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2009
Stats
editJamie 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
editReferences
edit- 1 2 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