Ollie Lawrence

Ollie Lawrence (born 18 September 1999) is an English rugby union player who plays for Worcester Warriors in the Premiership Rugby. His usual position is inside centre.

Ollie Lawrence
Birth nameOliver Francis Lawrence
Date of birth (1999-09-18) 18 September 1999
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
SchoolBromsgrove School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Inside Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017– Worcester Warriors 37 (60)
Correct as of 22 October 2020
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2017
2017–2019
2020–		 England U18s
England U20s
England		 0
4
4		 (0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 14 November 2020

Club career

Lawrence burst onto the Warriors scene in November 2017 with a try on his first-team debut against Sale Sharks in the Anglo-Welsh Cup at Sixways Stadium.[1] He went on to make three first-team appearances in 2017/18 while he impressed for Warriors Under 18s and Worcester Cavaliers - the latter where he scored two tries in six appearances which also included four try assists in a single game against Sale Jets.

He continued his impressive progress in 2018/19 when he made 14 senior appearances and scored two important tries which helped Warriors to successive European Rugby Challenge Cup victories over Ospreys and Stade Francais.[2][3]

On 5 December 2018, Lawrence signed his first professional contract to stay with Worcester, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2019-20 season.[4] He scored a first-half try hat-trick in just ten minutes against Enisei-STM in the European Challenge Cup in January 2020 and a try against Wasps on his first Premiership start later that month.[5][6] On 22 June 2020, Lawrence signed another contract extension with Worcester on a undisclosed length.[7]

International career

Having represented England U18s, Lawrence was promoted to the England U20s side, aged just 18 and played one game in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, before a call-up to train with Eddie Jones senior England Squad in the summer before their 2018 tour against South Africa.[8]

He again represented England Under-20s in the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship before an ankle injury ended his season two months early.[9]

Lawrence was again called up to the England senior squad for training purposes under Eddie Jones before the rest of the 2020 Six Nations Championship and the Autumn Nations Cup later this year.[10]

On 31 October 2020 he made his England debut from the bench in England's delayed final Six Nations match against Italy, to become the 2020 Six Nations champions.[11]

References
  1. "Worcester Warriors 21-24 Sale Sharks". ESPN. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "European Rugby Challenge Cup: Worcester battle past Stade Francais". BBC Sport. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. "European Rugby Challenge Cup: Worcester 27-21 Ospreys". BBC Sport. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Ollie Lawrence signs first-team contract at Warriors". Worcester News. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "Highlights & Report Warriors 66-10 Enisei-STM". Warriors. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. "Worcester Warriors 26-30 Wasps". Sky Sports. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. "OLLIE LAWRENCE SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION AT WORCESTER WARRIORS". Premiership Rugby. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. "Hotshot: Worcester and England U20 centre Ollie Lawrence". Rugby World. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. "Hotshot: Worcester and England U20 centre Ollie Lawrence". Rugby World. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. "JONES ANNOUNCES SECOND ENGLAND TRAINING SQUAD". England Rugby. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. Italy 5-34 England: Visitors' victory proves enough to win Six Nations title, BBC News
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