Phil Chesters
| Full name | Philip Chesters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 October 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Winger | ||
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| Current team | Old Elthamians | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2008-09 2009-17 2017- |
Westcombe Park Ealing Trailfinders Old Elthamians |
10 183 1 |
(9) (1,135) 0 |
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Correct as of 5 May 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2012 2012 2012 |
Devon Barbarians England Counties XV |
1 1 3 |
(5) (5) (20) |
Phil Chesters (born 29 October 1987) is an English rugby union player who is currently playing for Old Elthamians in National League 1 who he signed for in March 2017. Prior to that he had played for Ealing Trailfinders where he was also part of the medical staff. His best position is winger and over his career he has proved to be a tremendous try scorer who has set multiple records in lower division English rugby with Ealing, notably all-time records of 42 tries in a season in tier 3 (National League 1) and an amazing 70 tries in a season in tier 4 (National League 2 South) - a record that is unlikely to ever be beaten. Surprisingly, despite all the records he has set Phil has been relatively unheralded by the English mainstream press and he has not played at the highest level of English rugby in the Premiership. As well as appearing for Ealing, Phil has also represented his county side Devon as well as Barbarians and England Counties XV.
Although he grew up in Devon, Phil started his senior rugby union league career at the south-east London based club, Westcombe Park, during the 2008-09 season. Deployed as a full-back in what was a very competitive division, he found his chances limited at a club that would ultimately be relegated at the end of the season. After just one year at Wescombe Park, Phil would be signed by another local club, Ealing Trailfinders, who were playing in National League 2 South - the same division Park had just been demoted to. At Ealing Phil was switched from full-back to the wing where he was better able to make use of his speed and timing at a strong, attack focused team. Becoming a first team regular he had an outstanding debut season, scoring 29 tries to become the divisions top try scorer and helping his side to 3rd place in the 2009–10 National League 2 South, narrowly missing out on the playoff spot despite being tied on points with runners up, Rosslyn Park (who had a better for and against record).
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