8 rugby union stars who come from Jewish backgrounds

Eight rugby union stars who come from Jewish backgrounds

7. Zack Test

The 28-year-old is a Jewish-American rugby union player who plays for the United States national rugby sevens team.

Test is the U.S. career leader in tries scored in the World Rugby Sevens Series while has also won seven caps for the Eagles XV, representing them at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.


8. Ben Cohen

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Ben Cohen, who was part of the England team who won the World Cup in 2003 and most recently known for his stint on Strictly Come Dancing, is of Jewish descent but does not consider himself Jewish.

“My family’s not Jewish,” he said in an interview on his official website, “but a few generations back they used to be. I think it was my great grandfather that married a non-Jewish girl and broke with tradition.”