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Full name | Dean Schofield | ||||||
Date of birth | 19 January 1979 | ||||||
Place of birth | Clayton, Manchester, England | ||||||
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
Weight | 20 st 2 lb (128 kg) | ||||||
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Position | Lock | ||||||
Current club | Yorkshire Carnegie | ||||||
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Dean Schofield (born 19 January 1979 in Clayton, Manchester, England) is a professional Rugby union player who plays for London Welsh. He plays lock and is a product of Aldwinians RUFC. He first came to prominence when scoring twice as Aldwinians beat Dudley Kingswinsford in the NPI Cup Final at Twickenham. He also played for Wakefield during their time in National Division One.
Schofield made his England debut in a defeat to South Africa, during a summer tour prior to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
He was named in the England squad to participate in the 2009 Churchill Cup, coming off the bench in the Final.
In the 2005–2006 season, Schofield played as a replacement in the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title. After having played for Sale Sharks since 2001, Schofield was named their captain for the 2009-10 Guinness Premiership season. However, that season being the last in his contract, he chose to leave Sale at the end of the season. On 1 February 2010, he announced that he had signed a two-year deal with Top 14 club Toulon, effective from the 2010–11 Top 14 season.