Kai Horstmann
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Kai Horstmann is an English
rugby union
player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.
Horstmann has proved himself an invaluable member of the Worcester Warriors since joining from Harlequins
in May 2005. He has a contract with the club until 2012.
Horstmann is a firm favourite of both the players and supporters and was voted players player-of-the-year in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons and managed a double in 2008/09 when he was voted both Club player-of-the-year and Players player-of-the-year. Horstmann has Captained the Warriors in the absence of Pat Sanderson
and is considered a 'Talismanic' player and great team leader.
Horstmann plays as number eight or flanker
, and has represented the England Saxons
for the Churchill Cup tour of North America in July 2006. He was also a member of the IRB World Sevens Series squad in 2003/2004 season.
The Number Eight made his 150th appearance for the club during the 2010/11 season, a year when he was named vice captain and captained the side in the absence of Chris Pennell
.
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 for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.
Horstmann has proved himself an invaluable member of the Worcester Warriors since joining from 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...
in May 2005. He has a contract with the club until 2012.
Horstmann is a firm favourite of both the players and supporters and was voted players player-of-the-year in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons and managed a double in 2008/09 when he was voted both Club player-of-the-year and Players player-of-the-year. Horstmann has Captained the Warriors in the absence of Pat Sanderson
Pat Sanderson
Patrick Harold Sanderson is a former England international rugby union player and flanker for Worcester, the team he currently captains...
and is considered a 'Talismanic' player and great team leader.
Horstmann plays as number eight or flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
, and has represented the England Saxons
England Saxons
England Saxons is the current name of England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England A...
for the Churchill Cup tour of North America in July 2006. He was also a member of the IRB World Sevens Series squad in 2003/2004 season.
The Number Eight made his 150th appearance for the club during the 2010/11 season, a year when he was named vice captain and captained the side in the absence of Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell
Chris Pennell is an English rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership. He plays as a fullback....
.