Jamie Houston

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.

Jamie Houston
Birth nameJamie Houston
Date of birth (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982
Place of birthEngland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Occupation(s)Fitness instructor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
????
????
2006 – 2010		 Dunsburgh RFC
Plymouth RFC
SC 1880 Frankfurt		 ()
Correct as of 15 December 2010
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010 Germany 6 (0)
Correct as of 15 December 2010
Teams coached
Years Team
2010 – 2011
2011 – 2012		 SC 1880 Frankfurt II
RG Heidelberg
Correct as of 26 August 2011

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

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:[6]

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
  1. Jamie Houston profile at scrum.com accessed: 19 March 2010
  2. Alpencup 2009: Absagenflut vor dem Aufeinandertreffen mit dem Team-Edelweiss (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 19 March 2010
  3. Ex-Nationalspieler Jamie Houston bietet Personal Trainings (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 21 October 2010, accessed: 15 December 2010
  4. TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
  5. TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
  6. Jamie Houston profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 19 March 2010
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.