Brock James (born 22 October 1981 in Victoria, Australia) is a former Australian rugby union player who is the coach of Hawke's Bay in the National Provincial Championship.
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| Date of birth | 22 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb; 181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Scots College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Sydney University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James learnt to play rugby at Old Collegians in South Australia under the guidance of backs coach, Jo Suttell. He represented South Australia at U12, U14 and U16s and first represented Australia in 1997 as an Under 16.
James then moved to attend The Scots College in Sydney and Sydney University, where he was a resident of St. John's College. After a few good seasons in the southern hemisphere, he joined Clermont-Ferrand after Stephen Jones's departure. For his first season, he played every single game with Clermont and became top scorer of the league with 380 points. From 4 January till 28 March 2009, he scored 41 placed kicks in a row,[1] a new record for the Top 14, the old one being Romain Teulet's 35 kicks in a row in 2004–05,[2] and just 3 short of the World Record held by Neil Jenkins.
James has earned caps for Australia U-21 and Australia national sevens team in 2002.
James was ranked #50 in the list 'The 50 best rugby players in the world 2009' by the British newspaper 'The Independent'.[3][4]
On 1 January 2016, James makes the switch for Top 14 rivals La Rochelle from the 2016–17 season.[5]
On 26 June 2020 James joined the Ospreys as attack coach under new boss Toby Booth then moved to New Zealand in 2022 to coach Hawke's Bay.
Honours
editClermont
- European Challenge Cup winners: (2006–07)
- Top 14 champions: (2009–10)
International
- Under 21 Australian selection
- Under 19 Australian selection (World Cup)
- Under 16 Australian selection (a particularly notable achievement as he was playing outside of the traditional rugby states, for Old Collegians in South Australia at the time, where his father Jesse James was also a coach. Ben Suttell was Head Coach and inspired Brock to change positions from half-back to five-eighth)
Personal
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Cyber Vulcans" (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Brock James s'offre le record du Castrais Teulet" (in French). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ Coyle, Danny. (18 December 2009) The 50 best rugby players in the world 2009 – News & Comment – Rugby Union. The Independent. Retrieved on 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Rugby - Player statistics James Brock - club stats". Itsrugby.co.uk. 22 October 1981. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "La Rochelle pulls of Brock James coup". ESPN. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.