Date of birth | 24 June 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Emily and Anna Day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christian Day (born 24 June 1983) is a retired rugby union player who last played for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership. His position of choice was lock.
Day played for Sale, and also had a short spell at French giants Stade Français. In the 2005–2006 season, Day played as a replacement in the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[2]
Joining Northampton Saints in 2008, Day went on to rack up 232 appearances for the Midlands side. In that time, Day helped Saints to lift the Aviva Premiership , European Rugby Challenge Cup twice and the Premiership Cup.[3][4]
In January 2015 he was called up to the senior England squad by Stuart Lancaster, but was ultimately never capped at that level.[5]
Holding the post of the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association since 2014, Day was named Players' Player of the Season in that double-winning season by his Saints peers.[6] Day stepped down from his position as the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association in November 2017, handing the role to Harlequins prop Mark Lambert. Day assumed the Vice-President role for the 2017/18 season.[7]
Most recently Day was amongst the squad that helped Saints' second team the Northampton Wanderers clinch the 2016/17 Aviva 'A' League trophy, though was not in the side for the final against Gloucester United.[8]
On 19 April 2018 Day announced that he would be retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 17/18 season. His professional career spanned 17 years, the bulk of which he spent with Northampton Saints.[9] Christian will go on to take a full-time role at the RPA as their player liaison officer.[10]
In January 2023, Day was elected General Secretary of the RPA, following an election.[11]
In March 2020, Day appeared on the general public edition of BBC TV cookery competition MasterChef, progressing to the final 7 before being eliminated after making a vital error in the eyes of the judges twice.
He has two children, Anna and Emily.