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| School | Colston’s Collegiate | ||||||||
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Alex Crockett born 20 November 1981 in Bath, Somerset, England is a Bristol Rugby player.
Alex Crockett's position of choice is as a Centre.
He was called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008.
He was appointed joint captain (with Michael Lipman) for Bath RFC in the 2008/9 season.
Alex Crockett resigned from Bath along with co-captain Michael Lipman, and Andrew Higgins on 1 June 2009 in controversial circumstances amid allegations of refusing to take drug tests which the players deny. The RFU announced on 17 June that they would face an RFU disciplinary panel charged with "conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game".. Crockett received a nine month ban.
On 4th December 2009, it was announced that Crockett had signed a contract with Bristol Rugby which will last until the end of the 2009/10 season. Crockett joined Bristol for training in January but, due to the ban, was unable to play a competitive game until 1st March 2010.
His first game for his new club came against Nttingham in the British and Irish Cup on 7th March 2010. Bristol won the game with Crockett scoring a try in the first half.
References
- "England Saxons training squad for Italy A". RFU. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- "Guest, Care and Jarvis join Skinner and Brown in England Saxons squad". Quins. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- "Bath Rugby Statement". Bath Rugby PLC. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- "High profile Bath trio quit club". The BBC. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- "Ex Bath quartet to face RFU panel". BBC Sport. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- "Bristol Rugby announce signing of Alex Crockett". bristolrugby.co.uk. 4 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Text "http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/6493.php" ignored (help) - "It's great to be back, says Crockett after superb debut for Bristol Rugby". thisisbristol.co.uk. 8 March 2010.
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External links
- Bath profile
- England profile
- Crockett's double destroys Irish
- Crockett sidelined after surgery
- Crockett signs new Bath contract
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