Piers Francis
| Date of birth | 20 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half, Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2014 Marist [Auckland], 2015-16 Bombay [Couties-Manukau] McNamara Cup Club Champions 2014-2016 | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2012–2014 2014–2015 2017– |
Edinburgh Rugby Doncaster Knights Northampton Saints |
15 7 0 |
(33) (0) (0) |
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Correct as of 17 March 2017
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2011 2012 2015– |
Auckland Waikato Counties Manukau |
7 8 19 |
(7) (10) (191) |
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Correct as of 17 March 2017
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2016–2017 | Blues | 18 | (72) |
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Correct as of 8 April 2017
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Piers Francis (born 20 June 1990) is an English-born New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays in the fly-half and occasionally inside centre position.
Francis was born in Gravesend, Kent and was a member of the Saracens Academy for three years during his teens. He moved to New Zealand at the age of 18 and played ITM Cup rugby for both Auckland and Waikato before returning to the UK in 2012 to sign with Edinburgh.
He spent two years with the Edinburgh outfit, but suffered an injury in the pre-season ahead of the 2013-14 campaign which effectively kept him out of action for the whole season.
He was released in the summer of 2014 along with other fly-halves Harry Leonard and Gregor Hunter.
It was announced in November 2014 that he had signed with RFU Championship side Doncaster Knights, with the contract running until March 2015.
For the remainder of 2015 Francis returned to New Zealand, where he linked with the ITM Cup team Counties Manukau on a two-year deal. After a strong showing in a Tana Umaga coached side, he followed his coach and signed a deal with the Super Rugby team the Blues for the 2016 Super Rugby season.
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