Rugby player
| Birth name | Jamie Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) 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. Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt.
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.
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. At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.
Honours
Club
- German rugby union championship
- Champions: 2008, 2009
- Runners up: 2007, 2010
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2009
Stats
Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Club
| 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
European Nations Cup
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 15 December 2010
References
- ^ 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
- Jamie Houston at scrum.com
- (in German) Jamie Houston at totalrugby.de
| Germany squad – 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division | |
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- 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