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Sam Katz (rugby union)

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Full name
  
Samuel Lee Katz

Height
  
180cm

Team
  
Jersey Reds

Nickname
  
Katzy

Weight
  
91kg

Other name
  
Katzy

Born
  
7 September 1990 (age 26) London (
1990-09-07
)

School(s) attended
  
Merchant Taylors' School

University
  
Loughborough University

School
  
Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

Sam Katz (born 7 September 1990) is an English rugby union player, currently playing with English RFU Championship side Jersey Reds. His regular position is fly half.

Career

He represented Great Britain as team captain in the Maccabiah Games in 2009 and 2013.

He has played for both the Under 18's and the Under 20's for London & South East England in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Sam also played for the England University 7's team in 2012.

The majority of his senior career has been spent with CR El Salvador where in the División de Honor, the team won the division in 2016 with Katz scoring 388 points for the season.

He received Constellation Rugby División de Honor 2015/16 season best player of the month award for January 2016

He received Constellation Rugby División de Honor 2015/16 season best player of the month award for June 2016

He joined English RFU Championship side Jersey Reds in May 2016.

Katz has said that one of his best moments in Rugby was to play in the King's Cup Final 2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby in April 2016 in a packed 26,500 seater stadium Estadio José Zorrilla in Valladolid, beating rivals Valladolid RAC 13-9 and receive a winners' medal from King Felipe VI of Spain.

References

Sam Katz (rugby union) Wikipedia