Simon Easterby
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| Simon Easterby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 21, 1975 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Harrogate, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m | ||
| Weight | 100 kg | ||
| Nickname | Beasterby | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Position | Blindside flanker | ||
| Professional clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 2003-present | Llanelli Scarlets | 55 | (20) |
| correct as of 2007-03-13. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| 2000-present 2005 |
Ireland British and Irish Lions |
56 2 |
(30) (0) |
| correct as of 2007-03-13. | |||
| Other Information | |||
| School attended | Ampleforth College | ||
| University | Sydney University | ||
Simon Easterby (born on July 21, 1975, Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is a rugby union player for Llanelli Scarlets, whom he captains, and Ireland. He plays at blindside flanker.
His father is English and his mother Irish. He is the brother of Guy Easterby, also an Ireland international. He was educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire. Easterby made his first international appearance in a Six Nations victory over Scotland at Lansdowne Road in 2000 and then became a regular in the side, being ever-present for the remainder of that Six Nations competition. Easterby then played in all three of the games during the summer tour but he missed all of the following season due to injury and did not return until the game against Scotland in September '01. After Ireland's defeat, he lost his place but he did win a cap as a replacement against Samoa in November '01. In 2002 he played a part in the first ten of Ireland's games - eight as a starter - but after that, he lost his place and he did not return until playing in two Tests during the summer tour of '03 against Tonga and Samoa.
He has been virtually ever-present for Ireland since then; he has to date received 56 caps and scored 30 points. Described as the "elder statesman among Ireland's back-row options", one newspaper has suggested that "[2007] could well be Easterby's last Six Nations campaign": [1]
He plays his club rugby in Wales where he is captain of the Llanelli Scarlets.
Easterby received a call-up to the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, after Lawrence Dallaglio fractured his ankle in the first game of the tour. He forced his way into the Test team and covered himself in glory. He took over the leadership duties for the 2005 Autumn series in the absence of injured duo Brian O'Driscoll and Paul O'Connell. Simon Easterby is married to Sara Elgan Rees. She is the daughter of ex-rugby player Elgan Rees who played for Neath, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Sara is a tv presenter and is a fluent Welsh speaker. Their first child, Soffia Easterby, was born in February 2007.
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| Ireland squad - 2003 Rugby World Cup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Forwards: | Best • Byrne • Corrigan • Costello • S.Easterby • Foley • Gleeson • Horan • Hayes • Longwell • Miller • O'Callaghan • O'Connell • O'Kelly • Quinlan • Sheahan • Wood |  |
| Backs: | Dempsey • Doak • G.Easterby • Hickie • A.Horgan • S.Horgan • Humphreys • Kelly • Maggs • O'Driscoll • O'Gara • Stringer • Wallace | |
| Coach: | O'Sullivan | |
| British and Irish Lions - 2005 New Zealand tour | ||
|---|---|---|
| Forwards: | Back • Bulloch • Byrne • Cockbain • Corry • Dallaglio • Easterby • Grewcock • Hayes • Hill • Jenkins • R.Jones • Kay • Moody • O'Callaghan • O'Connell • O'Kelly • Owen • Rowntree • Shaw • Sheridan • Stevens • Taylor • Thompson • Titterrell • White, Jason • White, Julian • Williams, M. |  |
| Backs: | Cooper • Cueto • Cusiter • D'Arcy • Dawson • Greenwood • Henson • Hickie • Hodgson • S.Jones • Horgan • Lewsey • Murphy • O'Driscoll (c) • O'Gara • Peel • Robinson • Shanklin • Smith • Thomas • Wilkinson • Williams, S. • | |
| Coach: | Woodward | |
