James Rodwell

James Rodwell

Rodwell at the 2009 Hong Kong Sevens
Date of birth	(1984-08-23) 23 August 1984
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
	England
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

James Rodwell (born 23 August 1984) is an English professional rugby sevens player currently in the England Sevens squad.^[1] He is the most capped England sevens forward of all time. He hold the record for consecutive world 7's series tournaments with 69 and sits second on the all time capped players list behind Ben Gollings

Rodwell was born in Wendover. A graduate in Business Commerce at Birmingham University, he began playing rugby at the age of seven at Tring RFC, his local club, and played for Berkhamsted Collegiate School from the age of ten, where he figured at centre and full back.

James made his England Sevens debut against the United States at Dubai in 2008 and at his previous Club Moseley was voted the club’s U21 player of the year in 2004-05, the players’ player in 2006-07 and supporters’ player in 2008-09.

Representative honours came thick and fast on his rise with Hertfordshire Schools 18 Group, London & South East U18, captaining North Midlands U20 and representing Midlands U20 foreshadowing appearances for English Universities in 2005, England Counties (2006) and England Sevens.

In the 2010 season James was named IRB player of the tournament in the Dubai leg of the series.

He has represented England in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi where the team finished 4th.^[2]

He also represented Team England in the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow where the team finished 5th.

Honours

• Silver Medal (Great Britain): Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• National Trophy: 2009
• Wellington 7s: 2009
• London 7s: 2009
• Dubai 7s: 2010 and 2011
• IRB player of the tournament Dubai 7s: 2010

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