Jack Adams (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jack Adams (rugby union)

rugby player

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1986

Place of Birth: Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jack Adams (rugby union)

  • Jack Adams (born 17 September 1986, in Gloucester) is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing for Chinnor RFC.
  • He plays at centre. "Ghost" made his Gloucester first-team debut against Sale Sharks at Kingsholm on 10 September 2005 (18 years old), he came on as a replacement for Mike Tindall making a huge impact and turning many heads after this performance.
  • He tore his ACL shortly after and spent the rest of the 05/06 season in recovery, after finding out he had made the England U21s squad at age 18.
  • After this long injury lay off Jack started the 2006-07 Guinness Premiership with 2 tries in the first two home games of the season, they were both scored when he came on as a replacement.
  • When Mike Tindall was away playing for England Jack would always step up to the mark, and many times being man of the match, notably vs Wasps, Leicester Tigers & Newcastle Falcons all in the space of a few weeks.
  • In total Jack scored 6 tries in all competitions during the 2006-07 season and setting up countless others.
  • During the 2007–08 and 2008-09 seasons, Jack was also dual-registered with Moseley, for whom he made many appearances, mostly at Outside centre, and he also gained a cup winners medal as part of the EDF Energy Trophy winning side of 2009 and set up both tries.
  • Jack played for England Sevens over three seasons from 2007-2009 travelling to Dubai, Adelaide, South Africa, Hong Kong, Edinburgh & Twickenham several times.
  • He also played England Counties for two seasons running from 2012 to 2014 and was a remarkably addition to their program. Jack joined Bristol Rugby in 2009 signing a two-year contract, after playing over 50 games for Bristol and winning the British & Irish Cup with them Jack was part of the squad who lost to Exeter in the Championship final.
  • Jack then made the move to Moseley Rugby Club as a very experienced player at just 25.
  • The strong running centre badly broke his thumb vs Nottingham which kept him out for the remaining 14 games of the season.
  • Due to this injury Jack had limited option moving into the 2012 season, but Cinderford RFC saw a chance and jumped at the ex Gloucester, Bristol & England 7s player.
  • Jack then played for them for three seasons and was a vital player bringing in experience, power and pace.
  • Jack was their top try scorer in the 2013/14 season and was a huge part of their 2014/15 season survival. Jack is the Director of a popular Sport and Music Festival called SportBeat, which takes place in Gloucester.
  • He started it in 2012 with Olympic Beach Volleyball hopefuls Jody Gooding & Denise Johns.
  • The first festival took place in 2013 boasting three sporting competition (Sevens, Volleyball & Netball) and two stages hosting an impressive line up for a first year.
  • The second year the festival grew in size and stature with Razorlight headlining the main stage.
  • It has The Fratellis, De La Soul and James Arthur on the line up for the 2015 festival (www.sportbeatfest.com)

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