Sam Katz (rugby union)
| Full name | Samuel Lee Katz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Merchant Taylors' School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Lee Katz (Born 7 September 1990) is an English rugby union player, currently playing with Spanish División de Honor de Rugby Club El Salvador. His regular position is fly half.
Career
[edit]Sam signs for the Spanish División de Honor de Rugby Club El Salvador until 2024.[1]
Rugby Huddle article on Sam Katz's Rugby journey abroad[2]
Sam achieved 91% kicking accuracy in the Italian Top12 Accuracy Stats for 2019/20 Season[3]
Newspaper Article on Sam's game, personality and winning on a drop goal in La Nuova Venezia[4]
Sam was featured in the Rugby World Special Report - The Life of a Journeyman[5]
Sam 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 to receive a winners' medal from King Felipe VI of Spain.[6]
See Sam in an epic slow motion recap of the Copa del Rey as CR El Salvador beat VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 13-9[7]
Sam is one of the founders of the Global Rugby site https://globalrugby.com/ where Players, Coaches and Clubs can find their next opportunities. Sam is also the host of The Rugby Abroad Podcast https://rugbyabroad.com/
References
[edit]- ^ "Sam Katz, chamizo signing for next season" (Press release). El dia de Valladolid. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Sam Katz: Rugby Abroad" (Press release). Rugby Huddle. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Instagram top12rugby ACCURACY" (Press release). Instagram/TOP 12 Rugby. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Sam Katz: game, personality and the winning drop at the end" (Press release). La Nuova Venezia. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "The life of a Journeyman – a Rugby World special report" (Press release). Rugby World Magazine. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "England Rugby - Championship Tales: Sam Katz" (Press release). RFU England Rugby. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Instagram worldrugby - An epic slow motion recap of the Copa del Rey as SilverStorm El Salvador beat VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 13-9" (Press release). Instagram/World Rugby. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Bristol Bears players
- Jersey Reds players
- Rugby San Donà players
- RC Massy players
- AS Béziers Hérault players
- Rugby Lyons Piacenza players
- English rugby union players
- English expatriate rugby union players in France
- English expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- CR El Salvador players
- English expatriate rugby union players in Spain