Birth name | Jamie Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 189 kg (29 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Fitness instructor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982)[1] is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009.[1] Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt.[2]
Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.
After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany.[3]
After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season.[4] At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.[5]
Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[6]
Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
2008–09 | SC 1880 Frankfurt | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Champions |
2009–10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st – Runners up |
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 5 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
2009 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |