James Horwill
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James Horwill is an Australian rugby union
player, a national and provincial
representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds
to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the 2011 Tri Nations, leading the Wallabies to a series victory. He has been named as Australian squad captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
.
, Queensland
and educated at Brisbane Boys College. He made his Super 14 debut against the arch rivals the New South Wales Waratahs
in the first game of the 2006 season after not even being included in the Reds original squad. Horwill proved to be the find of the season forcing his way into the starting line up and earning a place in the Wallabies spring tour
playing for Australia A in all three of the matches. At 2 metres tall and weighing in at 117 kg, Horwill is known for bumping off defenders with ease; however, he also has a reputation for being a fiery player, seeing himself sin binned fairly often earlier in his career. He has lately calmed down with his on field antics. In 2007 Horwill made his debut for the Wallabies in a test match against Fiji
playing the entire game, and was unlucky to not have been included in the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. 2008 was a successful year for Horwill, as he broke into the starting Wallabies team and played 9 games in 2008, starting against New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup. James Horwill was named in August 2011 as captain by Robbie Deans for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
in New Zealand. He debuted as captain in the deciding match of the 2011 Tri Nations series on 27 August 2011.
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, a national and provincial
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the 2011 Tri Nations, leading the Wallabies to a series victory. He has been named as Australian squad captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
.
Career
Horwill was born in BrisbaneBrisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and educated at Brisbane Boys College. He made his Super 14 debut against the arch rivals the New South Wales Waratahs
New South Wales Waratahs
The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...
in the first game of the 2006 season after not even being included in the Reds original squad. Horwill proved to be the find of the season forcing his way into the starting line up and earning a place in the Wallabies spring tour
2006 Wallabies Spring Tour
The 2006 Australian national rugby union team tour to Europe, known in Australia as the 2006 Wallabies Spring Tour, is part of a 2006 end-of-year rugby test series and takes place in November 2006...
playing for Australia A in all three of the matches. At 2 metres tall and weighing in at 117 kg, Horwill is known for bumping off defenders with ease; however, he also has a reputation for being a fiery player, seeing himself sin binned fairly often earlier in his career. He has lately calmed down with his on field antics. In 2007 Horwill made his debut for the Wallabies in a test match against Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
playing the entire game, and was unlucky to not have been included in the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. 2008 was a successful year for Horwill, as he broke into the starting Wallabies team and played 9 games in 2008, starting against New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup. James Horwill was named in August 2011 as captain by Robbie Deans for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
in New Zealand. He debuted as captain in the deciding match of the 2011 Tri Nations series on 27 August 2011.