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Peter James Winterbottom MBE (born 31 May 1960 in Otley, West Yorkshire), is a former England rugby union footballer who played as an openside flanker. He was England's most-capped openside (with 58 caps) until being overtaken by Neil Back in 2003. He made his England debut on 2 January 1982 against Australia, and his final appearance on 20 March 1993 against Ireland.

Winterbottom was known for his work rate, durability, hard tackling and courage. He was selected on two British and Irish Lions tours in 1983 and 1993, both to New Zealand, where he impressed the locals with his fine play, albeit on losing sides. Overall, he played 19 games for the Lions including 7 tests and scored one try. He was the second England player to reach 50 caps, after Rory Underwood, and was inducted onto the Twickenham "Wall of Fame" in November 2005.

Winterbottom played club rugby for Headingley, Harlequins and also for Hawkes Bay in New Zealand and Transvaal in South Africa

After rugby

Since his playing career ended, Winterbottom carved out a career in finance. He worked as a Corporate bond broker for Tullett & Tokyo Ltd and BGC Partners alongside Ben Clarke, but left BGC in 2008 to join interdealer broker Creditex. Peter is currently Director Rugby at Esher Rugby Football Club.

Personal life

Winterbottom is the uncle of Swiss-born James Leuzinger, who represented Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

References

1. Winterbottom inducted onto Wall of Fame Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. The Professional Rugby Players' Association : Players head to Canary Wharf to learn more about City careers
3. "James Leuzinger". Team GB. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

External links

• Sporting heroes 1 2 3 4
• Lions profile

v t e Four Home Unions XV – 1990 Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe
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Backs	S M Bates  England A G Hastings  Scotland A G Stanger  Scotland W D C Carling  England J C Guscott  England R Underwood  England C R Andrew  England R J Hill  England C H Chalmers  Scotland
Coach	I R McGeechan  Scotland

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