Iain Balshaw
Balshaw (right) with Mike Tindall and the Rugby World Cup trophy
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| Full name | Iain Robert Balshaw | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 April 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 11 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Stonyhurst College | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback/Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Youth clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| Preston Grasshoppers | |||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1997–2004 2004–2006 2006–2009 2009–2014 |
Bath Rugby Leeds Tykes Gloucester Rugby Biarritz Olympique |
127 26 39 69 |
(255) (25) (70) (50) |
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Correct as of 30 June 2014
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2000–2008 2001 |
England British and Irish Lions |
35 3 |
(65) (0) |
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Correct as of 30 June 2014
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Iain Robert Balshaw, MBE (born 14 April 1979) is a rugby union player who played on the wing or at full back for Bath, Leeds Carnegie, Gloucester and Biarritz Olympique.
Born 18 April 1979 in Blackburn, England, Balshaw was educated at the Jesuit Stonyhurst College, at junior level he played for Preston Grasshoppers and joined Bath as a teenager in 1997. He made his senior debut in 1998, scoring thirteen tries in his first season.
Balshaw burst on to the international scene in 2000, when he was heralded as one of England's most exciting young talents. He was picked on the replacements’ bench for every one of that year's internationals. He won his first cap for England in 2000 at the inaugural Six Nations Championship match against Ireland, coming on as a substitute. In November 2000, he came on late in the England-Australia autumn International at Twickenham to give Dan Luger a last minute winning try, starting calls for his inclusion in the England starting line-up.
In the following 2001 Six Nations he finally made the starting line-up for England at full back and stunned the Welsh in the opening game at the Millennium Stadium; England winning 44–15. He toured Australia with the British and Irish Lions in June 2001, but suffered from a lack of form and did not start in the Test matches.
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