Jack Cosgrove (rugby union)
Birth name | Jack Cosgrove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 119 kg (18 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Coundon Court School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Hartpury College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Cosgrove (born 30 July 1994) is a retired Scottish rugby union player playing most recently for Dragons in the Pro14.
Born in Coventry, Cosgrove attended Coundon Court School – alma mater of Scotland international Jim Hamilton – then Hartpury College, before joining Worcester Warriors Academy in 2013. In 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Edinburgh until May 2017.[1]
In March 2017, Cosgrove returned south with Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2017-18 Greene King IPA Championship season.[2]
In December 2018, Cosgrove left Bristol by mutual consent to return to Worcester Warriors.[3]
In June 2019, Cosgrove signed a two-year contract for Welsh region Dragons in the Pro14 from the 2019-20 season.[4]
It was announced in December 2019, that Cosgrove had been forced to retire from professional rugby, aged 25, because of a serious eye injury sustained in training.[5]
References
- ^ "Edinburgh Rugby sign Scotland U20 ace Jack Cosgrove". Edinburgh Evening News. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Bristol sign Edinburgh prop Jack Cosgrove". BBC Sport. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Jack Cosgrove: Worcester Warriors re-sign Bristol Bears prop forward". BBC Sport. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Jack Cosgrove: Prop joins Dragons from Worcester". BBC Sport. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Jack Cosgrove: Dragons prop forced to retire through injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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