Graham Rowntree
Graham Rowntree was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom on April 18th, 1971 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 53, Graham Rowntree biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Graham Christopher Rowntree (born 18 April 1971) is a former England rugby union player and current coach.
He was a loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England.
Despite being forced to compete for his position with the world's second most capped forward, Jason Leonard, he was capped 54 times for England. Rowntree was born in Stockton-on-Tees.
He was educated at John Cleveland College, Hinckley, Leicestershire, which has also produced other rugby union players. He came from Nuneaton in 1988 and made his first-team debut against Oxford University.
He was in harness with the famous "ABC club" for a large portion of the time, as well as Richard Cockerill and Darren Garforth.
Rowntree was a success on the roads, and the Heineken Cup finals in 2001 and 2002 were both successful. He made his England A, Barbarians, and Midlands debut in 1993, and on March 18, 1995, he earned his first full England cap against Scotland as a temporary replacement for Jason Leonard.
Career
He joined Leicester Tigers from Nuneaton in 1988 and made his first-team debut against Oxford University in 1990. He was in harness with the infamous 'ABC team' for a large part of that period,' along with Richard Cockerill and Darren Garforth. Rowntree's success on the domestic level, as well as in the 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup finals.
He made his England A, Barbarians, and Midlands debuts in 1993, and he earned his first full England cap against Scotland in the 1995 Five Nations Championship as a temporary replacement for Jason Leonard. He appeared in the 1995 Rugby World Cup for the first time. He played 6 games and the 1999 Rugby World Cup in South Africa in 1997. He also participated in the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa.
Graham was not capped for nearly two years until his club's string of fine performances pushed him back to international prominence. He appeared in pre-2003 Rugby World Cup years. He was picked for the England squad to tour Canada and the United States in 2001, and he was named man of the match in England's 21–15 Cook Cup win over Australia in the 2002 Six Nations Games. He started in England's 15-13 victory over New Zealand in Wellington in 2003, and put in a memorable display against the All Blacks when England's pack was limited to just 6 men. Rowntree was omitted from Clive Woodward's squad, which won the tournament despite playing in the 2003 pre-World Cup trial match in France. Clive Woodward admitted that leaving Rowntree behind was one of the most difficult decisions he had to make in his time as England head coach.
Rowntree was back to England in the 2004 Six Nations as the first-choice loosehead prop for the 2004 Autumn Internationals.