LIST: The best ever rugby player from EVERY city in England
Top 10s/ListsTuesday, 02 October 2018 at 16:59
Just because it's genuinely quite interesting, let’s take a look at-the best player born in each respective city in England.
We've added a small bio for the more unknown players.
*Note: We've put the best players we could find from each city - but if you know a better player let us know so we can change it.
Bath: Jeremy Guscott
Birmingham: Martin Corry
Bradford: Herbert Ward
He was an English rugby union footballer of the 1890s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C as a fullback.
Brighton & Hove: Matt Mullan
Bristol: Ellis Genge
Cambridge: Alex Goode
Canterbury: Amy Garnett
Carlisle: Steve Borthwick
Chelmsford: Martin Haag
Chester: Ben Foden
Chichester: Billy Twelvetrees
Coventry: Andy Goode/Neil Back (Both needed including)
Derby: Jonathan Joseph
Durham: Garath Archer
Exeter: Joe Launchbury
Gloucester: Mike Teague
Hereford: Guy Thompson
Kingston upon Hull: Simon Hammersley
Lancaster: Sean Cox
Leeds: Jason Robinson
Leicester: Dan Cole
Lichfield: Stuart Potter
Lincoln: John Mallett
Liverpool: Ben Kay
City of London: Lawrence Dallaglio
Manchester: Hamish Watson (Scotland international)
Newcastle upon Tyne: Sarah Hunter
Norwich: Ben Youngs
Nottingham: Alex Lewington
Oxford: James Forrester
Peterborough: Alexander Ioannou (Cyprus international)
Plymouth: Henry Slade
Portsmouth: Peter Richards
Preston: Mike Haley
Ripon: Peter Squires
Despite playing first-class cricket, he was better known for his rugby union exploits, playing on the wing for Ripon R.U.F.C. and Harrogate R.U.F.C. and 29 times for England in the 1970s, scoring six tries, as well as playing for the British and Irish Lions on the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand.
Salford: Dan Lydiate (Wales International)
Salisbury: Richard Hill
Sheffield: Dom Barrow
Southampton: Mike Brown
St Albans: Nic Stirzaker
Stoke-on-Trent: Dan Robson
Sunderland: Jackson Wray
Truro: Tom Voyce
Wakefield: Mike Tindall
Wells: Andy Robinson
We tried and failed to find a player from the small Somerset city. Former England international Robinson was born down the road in Taunton.
Westminster: Nick Auterac
Winchester: Joe Marchant
Wolverhampton: George Humphreys
Humphreys was born in Wolverhampton, England and moved to New Zealand at the age of 17, where he became an All Black, playing as a loose forward.
Worcester: Chris Pennell
York: Rob Webber
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