James Short (rugby union)
| Full name | James Short | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Redhill, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [1] | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Current team | Exeter Chiefs | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007 – 2013 2013-2015 2015- |
Saracens London Irish Exeter Chiefs |
28 () 16 |
(67) () 45 |
James Short (born 15 October 1989 in Redhill, England) is an English rugby union player. He plays at Wing for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent.
Club career
James Short arrived at Saracens in 2007.
The 2010-2011 season was really James' breakthrough season for the Saracens team. He played regularly in the Saracens team and got a reputation for being a prolific try scorer and was the top try scorer for Saracens. James also scored the only try[2] in the 2011 Aviva Premiership Final helping Saracens to win their first ever Premiership final in a 22-18 victory over Leicester Tigers. Overall in the season Short made 24 appearances and scored 13 tries.
At the end of the 2013/14 season he joined London Irish.
On 23 July 2015 it was announced that James would be joining Premiership Rivals, Exeter Chiefs.[3]
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