Steve Borthwick
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| Full name | Stephen William Borthwick | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 October 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carlisle, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | Hutton Grammar School | ||||||||||||
| University | University of Bath | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||
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| Preston Grasshoppers | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1998–2008 2008–2014 |
Bath Saracens |
246 144 |
(45) (15) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001–2010 | England | 57 | (10) |
| Coaching career | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2012–2015 2015 2015-Present |
Japan Assistant Bristol Rugby Forwards England Forwards Coach |
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Stephen William "Steve" Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is a former English rugby union footballer who played lock for Bath and Saracens. At International level, he represented the senior England rugby union team between 2001 and 2010 and captained them between 2008 and 2010. He was appointed the England forwards coach in December 2015.
Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, Borthwick was captain of the Hutton Grammar School rugby team, with whom he went on a tour to Australia.
Borthwick joined Bath in 1998 from Preston Grasshoppers, making his debut against Saracens in December 1998. During this time, he was balancing rugby commitments with study, and graduated from the University of Bath in 2003 with a degree in Economics with Politics.
Borthwick had, arguably, his best season for Bath in 2003–04. A central figure in the absence of many senior players due to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, he set about making his mark on the Zurich Premiership. Bath made the League Final that season, losing to London Wasps. He was one of the three nominees for the Zurich Premiership Player of the Year award. In his final game with the club, Borthwick captained Bath to victory in the 2007–08 European Challenge Cup.
In January 2008, Borthwick announced that he would be leaving Bath at the end of the 2007–08 season for Saracens F.C..
Following his switch to Saracens, Borthwick was named co-captain for the 2008–09 season alongside Andy Farrell.
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