Jake Abbott
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Jake Abbott is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who plays as a Flanker for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. Worcester Born and Bred, Abbott has been connected with the Warriors since the age of 6 playing for the Minis/Juniors and is a product of the Warriors Academy system

Career

Jake made his Warriors debut in an EDF Energy Cup match against London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...

. He scored his first try in the same competition against Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

 

Jake Abbott was included in the England Sevens Squad in December 2009, making his debut in the Dubai stage of the world Sevens Tournament but turned down an opportunity to play for England in the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

, wanting instead to focus on his performances for the Warriors.

Following the Worcester Warriors relegation to the RFU Championship
RFU Championship
The RFU Championship replaced National Division One as the second tier in the English rugby union system in September 2009. Unlike National Division One, which is semi-professional, the RFU Championship is a fully professional league.-History:...

 at the end of the 2009/2010 season, Abbott signed a new 1 year deal committing his future to helping the Warriors regain premiership rugby but his efforts were cut short as he suffered a severe Knee Injury whilst playing against Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...

 in October 2010. Jake was ruled out of contention for the remainder of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury sidelining him for 6 months, having had a bright and promising start to the campaign.

In January 2011 it was confirmed that Jake had committed a further 2 years of his future to playing for the Worcester Warriors by signing a new deal which would keep him at the club until the end of the 2013 season.

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