Chris Harris (rugby union)
Christopher James Harris (born 28 December 1990) is an English-born Scottish international rugby union player who plays centre for the Gloucester in the Gallagher Premiership. At International level, Harris represents Scotland and has gained 23 caps in 3 years of international rugby featuring in all of the competitive test matches for Scotland in 2020.
| Birth name | Christopher James Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 December 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carlisle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Northumbria University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Harris was dual registered with Tynedale RFC in National League 1 and also had a loan spell with Rotherham Titans in the Championship.[1] In October 2014, Harris scored a try on his professional debut for the Falcons against București Wolves in the European Challenge Cup.[2] In December 2014, Harris scored two tries on his Premiership debut against Saracens.[3] It was confirmed that Harris would join Gloucester for the start of the 2019-20 season [4]
International career
In June 2013, Harris scored a try for England Counties XV against Belgium.[5] In October 2017, Harris received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad by coach Gregor Townsend for the Autumn Internationals.[6] Harris is Scottish qualified through his Edinburgh born grandmother.[7] On 11 November 2017, Harris made his Test debut at Murrayfield against Samoa.[8] Harris started in the first 6 nations game against Wales in 2018 and has eighteen caps for Scotland. He scored his first try for Scotland in a game vs Italy 2019 Six Nations, scoring just minutes after making an appearance off the bench and scored the winning try for Scotland against France at BT Murrayfield. He appeared for Scotland in the 2019 Rugby World Cup fixtures and continued his form to play in every match for 2020 Six Nations.
References
- "RFU Championship: Rotherham bring in four Newcastle academy players for 2014/15". Sky Sports. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- "Challenge Cup: Newcastle Falcons 43-19 Bucuresti Wolves". BBC Sport. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- "Newcastle Falcons 23-25 Saracens report: Fans flock for Falcons' day of drama". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- "GLOUCESTER RUGBY SIGN SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL CENTRE CHRIS HARRIS". Gloucester Rugby. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Clean sweep for England Counties in Belgium". Rugby Football Union. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- "Scotland: Gregor Townsend calls up 10 new caps for autumn Tests". BBC Sport. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- "Carlisle's Chris Harris named in Scotland squad". ITV. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- "Autumn international: Scotland 44-38 Samoa". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.