Ciaran Knight | |
Birth Name: | Ciaran Knight |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1998 |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, England |
Height: | 6feet |
Weight: | 121kg (18st 9lbs) |
Ru Position: | Tighthead Prop |
Repteam1: | England U20s |
Repyears1: | 2016–2018 |
Repcaps1: | 14 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 9 September 2019 |
Years1: | 2018– |
Clubs1: | Gloucester |
Apps1: | 38 |
Points1: | 0 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 28 July 2020 |
Relatives: | Shaun Knight (cousin) Ryan Charles (cousin) |
School: | St Peter's High School |
Ciaran Knight (born 18 March 1998) is an English professional rugby union player who plays for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He plays as a prop.
Knight previously attended Brockworth Comprehensive School and St Peter's High School. He first played for Matson RFC from a young age. This played a major developmental role for him to join the Gloucester Rugby Academy from the 2016–17 season.
His best experience was winning the Triangular International Festival as a member of the England Counties U18 squad, under then Head Coach Dave Reed, at Hartpury College last April. It included a 7–5 win over France, which was England's first victory in matches between the sides for nine years. He also scored a maiden try against France in his third game for England U18 in Cape Town, South Africa last August.
Knight helped the England Under-20s win the 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship[1] Knight also played for them during World Rugby Under 20 Championship in 2017 and 2018, both held in Georgia and France respectively.[2]
On 14 February 2019, Knight signed his first professional contract to stay with Gloucester, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2019–20 season.[3]