James Pritchard (rugby)
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| Full name | James Gordon Pritchard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Red Bend Catholic College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Fullback, Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1996 - 97 | Parkes Spacemen | () | |
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Correct as of 31 May 2012
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1998 | Parramatta Eels | () | |
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Correct as of 3 January 2009
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| Position(s) | Fullback, Wing, Centre | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1999-2006 2004 2015 |
Randwick Rugby Australian Barbarians Barbarians (rugby) |
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| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001-2003 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-16 2016 2016 2017 |
Bedford Blues Plymouth Albion USA Perpignan Northampton Saints Bedford Blues Ampthill (loan) Coventry Old Albanian |
51 30 ? 2 213 4 6 7 |
(630) (319) (?) (4) (2,253) (32) (14) (36) |
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Correct as of 28 May 2017
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| Current local club | Bedford Blues | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003-2015 | Canada | 62 | (607) |
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Correct as of 28 May 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 2008-2015 | Canada | ||
James Gordon Pritchard (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian-Canadian rugby union player and former rugby league footballer, who currently plays his club rugby union for Old Albanian in National League following a short stint with Coventry as a player-coach. Pritchard is best known for his time with Bedford Blues, where he spent 12 seasons across two spells with the club, and he is the clubs record points scorer with 2,883 points in all competitions, including 99 tries. He is also the RFU Championship all-time top points scorer with 2,673 points from 251 league and play-off games while playing for Bedford Blues and Plymouth Albion (a figure that includes 94 tries). Pritchard has played internationally for Canada, with whom he appeared in four Rugby World Cups, and is his countries all-time top points scorer with 607 points. He plays at fullback.
Pritchard was born in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia and started in rugby league football at the age of 13. He played for NRL side the Parramatta Eels in the Under-19 age division after he left school, before changing to play rugby union and joining the Randwick District Rugby Union Club in 1999 and winning the Citibank/MasterCard Cup with them in 2000. In his first year of First grade with the club he also picked up the Ron Don Trophy for Most Improved as well as being runner-up in the Sydney Morning Herald Rookie of The Year Awards. He also finished the top points scorer in the competition with 183 points in ten games.
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