Stuart Lancaster (rugby)

Stuart Lancaster

Date of birth	(1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 (age 47)
Place of birth	Penrith, Cumbria, England
Weight	13 st 9 lb (191 lb; 87 kg)
School	St. Bees School
University	Leeds Metropolitan University
Spouse	Nina Lancaster
Children	2
Occupation(s)	Teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker / Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1988–91 1991–92 1992–98 1998–2000 1999 Wakefield RFC Headingley RFC Leeds RUFC Leeds Tykes Anti-Assassins 106 () Correct as of 28 June 2015 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1988 1989 1991 Scotland Students Scotland U19 Scotland U21 1 1 1 (0 (0) (0)) Correct as of 28 June 2015 Teams coached Years Team 2001–05 2005–07 2008–10 2008–11 2011–15 2016- Leeds RFU Academy Leeds Carnegie (Director of Rugby) England (Elite Rugby Director) England Saxons England Leinster Correct as of 28 June 2015

Position(s)	Hooker / Flanker
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1988–91 1991–92 1992–98 1998–2000 1999	Wakefield RFC Headingley RFC Leeds RUFC Leeds Tykes Anti-Assassins	106	()
Correct as of 28 June 2015
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1988 1989 1991	Scotland Students Scotland U19 Scotland U21	1 1 1	(0 (0) (0))
Correct as of 28 June 2015
Teams coached
Years	Team
2001–05 2005–07 2008–10 2008–11 2011–15 2016-	Leeds RFU Academy Leeds Carnegie (Director of Rugby) England (Elite Rugby Director) England Saxons England Leinster
Correct as of 28 June 2015

William Stuart Lancaster, known as Stuart Lancaster (born 9 October 1969) is a rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the English national rugby union team from 2011 until he stepped down on 11 November 2015. On 5 September 2016 it was announced that Lancaster would join the backroom team of Irish provincial side, Leinster Rugby.

Born in Penrith, Cumbria, Lancaster grew up in the village of Culgaith, where he was sent to St. Bees School. He started his rugby playing career at the school playing for the 1st XV. He started in the front row as a hooker, although at the age of 15, he moved to flanker where he played his best rugby. After leaving school in 1988, Lancaster headed to Carnegie College in Leeds to train as a PE Teacher, while continuing his rugby career playing for Wakefield RFC. After qualifying in 1991, he began teaching at Kettlethorpe High School and started playing for Headingley RFC. When Headingley merged with Roundhay RUFC, Lancaster joined the newly formed team Leeds RFU, where he would play the remainder of career. In 1998, he took a substantial leave from teaching to become a full-time professional rugby player with Leeds Tykes, of which he became the first Leeds player to play a century of games since the amalgamation of Headingley and Roundhay, and was named captain of newly branded team.

Through his Scottish mother he played for Scotland Students, Scotland U19 and Scotland U21. Lancaster was forced to retire from playing rugby aged 30. A teenage Tom Palmer, who would later play under Lancaster, hit a tackle bag that Stuart was holding, tearing his hamstring off the bone completely.

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