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Chris Pennell

Pennell in the English Premiership

Birth name

Christopher James Pennell

Date of birth

(1987-04-26) April 26, 1987 (age 37)

Place of birth

Worcester, England

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

95 kg (14 st 13 lb)

School

Old Swinford Hospital

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2007–	Worcester Warriors	141	(232)
Correct as of 25 April 2015
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2006 2015– 2014–	England U-19s England Saxons England	2 1 1	(5) (0) (0)
Correct as of 17 Jun 2014

Chris Pennell (born 26 April 1987) is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Championship following the Warriors' relegation in the 2013/14 season. He plays as a fullback and is a former captain of Worcester Warriors.

The son of former England cricketer Graham Dilley, after his parents' marriage broke down, his mother remarried a British Army soldier, and Chris took his surname. The family moved to Portadown, Northern Ireland, where he was educated at Millington Primary School, and was a member of the victorious Gilpin cup side in 1999. Returning to England, he was educated at Old Swinford Hospital School in Stourbridge where he played a key part in their successful campaign to the semi finals of the Daily Mail Cup. Although head boy, he turned down the chance to captain the cricket first XI because of his A levels.

Having been offered a professional contract at Worcester Warriors, he delayed his offer of a university place, making his Guinness Premiership debut against Bath Rugby in 2007/08, and representing England at Under 19 level. He became a key performer for the club during the 2008–09 English Premiership campaign, until he suffered a serious knee injury in Europe. He returned to full fitness, and grabbed tries against Connacht Rugby and Olympus Rugby XV Madrid in Europe during the 2009/10 season, making 16 appearances during the campaign and scoring five tries.

After signing a new two-year deal in February 2010, he became club captain for the 2010-11 RFU Championship campaign. In that campaign Worcester won 30 out of 31 games. After winning the play-off against Bedford Blues at Sixways and both legs of the play-off final, Worcester secured promotion to the Premiership for the 2011-12 season. Chris has been unlucky with injuries, suffering a severe ankle injury, a serious knee injury and the mental injury of his father Graham Dilley passing away. In 2014, after a season of being Warriors' top performer, and the fans plus Dean Ryan himself supporting Pennell to be in the England Squad, Stuart Lancaster placed Chris in the England training squad, and in May, he flew out with the squad to the Barbarians fixtures. He made his England debut during the tour whilst coming off the bench in the 20-15 Loss to New Zealand.

In 2014, Pennell signed a contract until 2017 with Worcester Warriors.

References

"Aviva Premiership Rugby - Worcester Warriors". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^ http://www.rfu.com/pdfs/U19MediaGuide_2006wc.pdf
Brendan Gallagher (20 December 2007). "Chris Pennell chooses oval ball". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
Mark Souster (December 27, 2008). "Chris Pennell making name for himself". London: The Times. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
"Worcester Warriors 25-20 Cornish Pirates (agg 46-32)". BBC Sport. BBC News. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

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