Jimmy Tucker
| Full name | James Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 May 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Launceston, Cornwall | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Launceston College | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Fly-half, Centre | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1990–03, 2005 2003-05 |
Launceston Exeter Chiefs |
? 28 |
? 10 |
James Tucker (born 1970) is a retired English rugby union player who used to play at fly-half and centre. Known for his try scoring, Tucker spent the majority of his career at hometown club Launceston (bar a couple of seasons at Exeter Chiefs). He was also capped 50 times by Cornwall and was part of the side that won the 1999 Bill Beaumont Cup. Since retiring he has balanced his time as a dairy farmer with coaching the Launceston Colts. In 2015 Tucker was appointed as head coach of Launceston.
Tucker joined his local rugby club Launceston, first turning out for the Colts in 1987 before making his first team debut in the early 1990s. He came into a previously unheralded Launceston team but by 1994 was a first team regular in a side that won the Cornwall Cup for only the second time. Success in the cup was mirrored by a rise through the English league system, winning South West 2 in 1996 and then South West Division 1 in 2000 to qualify for the National Leagues for the first time in the clubs history. During this period, Tucker's team also won a hat trick of Cornwall Cup titles (1996–98) and became one of the top sides in the county along with Redruth and Penzance/Newlyn. He would also become club captain in 1997.
While playing for Launceston, Tucker's performance saw him come to the attention of the Cornwall county side and he made his county debut back in 1992 against a Crawshay's Welsh XV representative side. By 1997 he had made an appearance for a combined Cornwall and Devon XV and was playing for Cornwall in the county championships. The 1998 County Championships saw Tucker score 4 tries for Cornwall on route to the final which Cornwall lost 14-21 to Cheshire. The next season Cornwall went one better by winning the County Championships for the first time since 1991, as Tucker scored the first try in the 24-15 victory over Gloucestershire in front of a crowd of 25,000 at Twickenham Stadium.
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