British Lions & England international rugby union player
Rugby player
Rory Underwood
Birth name
Rory Underwood
Date of birth
(1963-06-19) 19 June 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth
Middlesbrough, England
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight
13 st 8 lb (86 kg)
School
Barnard Castle School
Notable relative(s)
Tony Underwood (brother)
Occupation(s)
RAF aviator, management consultant
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Wing
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1983–1997
Leicester Tigers
236
(670)
1997–1998
Bedford Blues
()
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
1984–1996
England
85
(210)
1989–1993
British and Irish Lions
6
(5)
Rory Underwood, MBE, DL (born 19 June 1963)[1] is an English former rugby union player. He is England's record international try scorer, with 49 tries in 85 internationals between 1984 and 1996.[2] Underwood's principal position was wing and he played 236 games for Leicester Tigers between 1983 and 1997, he also played for Middlesbrough, Bedford Blues and the Royal Air Force. Underwood toured with the British and Irish Lions in 1989 and 1993 playing in six tests and scoring one try. In 1992 Underwood played for England alongside his younger brother Tony Underwood, becoming the first brothers to play together for England since 1937.[1]
Playing during the amateur era his profession was as a Royal Air Force pilot.
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