Rob Higgitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rob Higgitt

Welsh rugby union player

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1981

Place of Birth: St Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: rugby union player

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Rob Higgitt

  • Rob Higgitt (born 12 August 1981) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a centre. Born in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Higgitt began his rugby career with Ruthin, for whom his father was the chairman.
  • He played for Ruthin from the age of 6 until he was 18, when he enrolled at the University of Bath.
  • While playing rugby for the university's team, Higgitt was spotted by Bristol, who signed him up and played him in their Under-21 side.
  • In 2002, he went on a season-long loan to Caerphilly in the Welsh Premier Division.
  • Upon his return to Bristol, they were unable to put him on a professional contract immediately, but when he made the first team in November 2003, the club put him on a £6,000 contract. In five years in the Bristol first team, Higgitt amassed a total of 111 appearances, scoring 20 tries, and became an integral component of the team's defensive line.
  • At the end of the 2007–08 season, he signed for the Scarlets, one of four Welsh regional sides playing in the Celtic League.
  • He scored the final try scored at Llanelli's famous Stradey Park ground, during the Scarlets' 27–0 victory over Higgitt's former club, Bristol on 24 October 2008.After a frustrating period of injury he was released by the Scarlets in May 2010.
  • Higgitt joined Worcester Warriors in June on a one-year contract.
  • Higgitt's contract was not renewed for the 2011/12 season.For the 2011–12 season, Higgitt was player-coach at South West 1 West club Thornbury RFC working alongside former Wales captain Gareth Llewellyn.

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