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Welsh rugby union player

Rugby player
Sam Harris
Date of birth (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 21)
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight95 kg (15.0 st; 209 lb)
SchoolBeechen Cliff
UniversityUniversity of Bath
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly half, Full back
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2023– Bath Rugby ()
Correct as of 3 January 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 England U18
2023- England U20

Sam Harris (born 3 September 2003) is an English rugby union player who plays for Bath.

Early life

Having attended school at Millfield, Harris went on to study economics at the University of Bath.

Career

Harris move from the Bath U18 side into the senior academy in the summer of 2022. Harris made his professional debut for Bath Rugby during the 2022-23 season, in the Premiership Rugby Cup. He was named Bath Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year in July 2023.

He continued to play for Bath in the Premiership Rugby Cup at the start of the 2023-24 season. Harris made his first Rugby Premiership start for Bath away against Leicester Tigers on 31 December 2023 and registered a conversion.

Having made 12 appearances for Bath, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the club in February 2024.

International career

Harris has represented England at U18, U19 and U20 level. He represented England at the 2023 U20 World Cup.

In February 2024 he was called up to the England A team.

References

  1. "Sam Harris". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. "Sam Harris". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. "SPORT ROUND UP - FEBRUARY 2022". Milfield School. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. "Josh Dingley and Sam Harris become latest Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby players to earn England U20 Men call-up". Team Bath. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. Evely, John (9 June 2022). "Bath Rugby select five players for their senior academy and young prop signs full time contract". Somerset Live. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. Skeldon, James (3 July 2023). "Sam Harris Interview: England U20s' flourishing full-back looks set for an exciting future". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. Evely, John (20 September 2023). "'We want the ball in his hands' - Sam Harris shines despite Bath Rugby defeat to Jersey Reds". Somerset Live. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. Richardson, Charles (31 December 2023). "Bath have 'no regrets' over rotation as Leicester keep top-four hopes alive". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. "Premiership: Leicester 35-22 Bath - Tigers end year with bonus-point win". BBC Sport. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. "Sam Harris: Bath fly-half signs new contract with Premiership club". BBC Sport. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  11. "FIVE EXCITING HOMEGROWN PLAYERS GRADUATE INTO BATH RUGBY SENIOR ACADEMY". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  12. "Young Guns: Bath & England U20s fly-half/full-back Sam Harris". The Rugby Paper. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  13. Raisey, Josh. "South Africa U20 and England U20 make sweeping changes for third place play-off". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  14. Westerby, John (15 February 2024). "Steve Borthwick uses England A squad to capture dual-qualified players". The Times. Retrieved 15 February 2024.


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