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Christian Lingard Saverimutto (born 8 August 1971) is an English-born former rugby union international for Ireland.

Saverimutto was born and raised in Merseyside, England. His father is Sri Lankan and his maternal grandparents were from Dublin, Ireland. He attended St Anselm's College, Birkenhead. At colts level, Saverimutto had featured in an England side, but ended up switching allegiances to Ireland on the basis on his ancestry.

A Sale player, Saverimutto made his Test debut for Ireland in 1995 as a scrum-half against Fiji at Lansdowne Road, which was Ireland's first match in the fully-professional era. In 1996, he played a Test against the United States in Atlanta, followed by the Five Nations fixture against Scotland, with a knee injury then curtailing his progress.

Saverimutto is now a chartered surveyor.

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players

References

1. "Christian Returns To Where It All Began For Him". Wirral Globe. 25 July 2001.
2. "Link man with right connections". The Irish Times. 20 January 1996.
3. "Chris sets sights on Irish return". Irish Independent. 10 December 1998.
4. "'The money was new but we were still old-school' – Chris Saverimutto recalls 1995 Fiji test, the start of Irish rugby's pro era". Irish Independent. 11 November 2022.
5. "Saverimutto joins the Caldy clan". The Telegraph. 1 September 2000.
6. Neville, Conor (10 August 2016). "The Irish Team Who Played First Ever Professional Game - Where Are They Now?". Balls.ie.

External links

• Chris Saverimutto at ESPNscrum

• 1971 births
• Living people
• Irish rugby union players
• Ireland international rugby union players
• Sale Sharks players
• People educated at St. Anselm's College
• English people of Sri Lankan descent
• English people of Irish descent
• Sportspeople from Wallasey
• Rugby union players from Merseyside
• Rugby union scrum-halves