Alex Coles (rugby union)
Alex Coles (born 21 September 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a Lock for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints.[1]
| Birth name | Alexander Joel C. Coles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 September 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Swaffham Prior Primary School, The Perse School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Birkbeck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Club
Coles played rugby as a child at Newmarket and Shelford Rugby Club prior to joining the academy of Northampton Saints at the age of fourteen.[2] In November 2018 he made his club debut for Northampton in a Premiership Rugby Cup match against Wasps and the following year scored his first try for the club against Timișoara in the EPCR Challenge Cup.[3][4]
International
In 2017 Coles played for the England under-18 team on their tour of South Africa.[2][5] He represented the England under-20 team in the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and was a member of the squad that finished fifth at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[3][6] On 6 November 2022, Coles made his debut for England in a 29–30 loss to Argentina in the Autumn Nations Series.
References
- "Alex Coles". ESPN. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- Mockford, Sarah (4 November 2020). "Hotshot: Northampton lock Alex Coles". Rugby World. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- Taylor, Mark (4 June 2019). "Alex Coles seeks to cap a year to remember with victory with England at the 2019 World Rugby Under-20 Championships". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Northampton and Harlequins into last eight". Sky Sports. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Alex Coles earns England under-18s call". Cambridge Independent. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "World Rugby U20 Championship: England U20 45-26 Wales U20". BBC Sport. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2022.