Jason Marshall (rugby union) explained

Jason Marshall
Birth Name:Jason Marshall
Birth Date:1985 2, df=yes
Birth Place:North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height:1.90NaN0
Weight:107.9kg (237.9lb)
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Amateurclubs:Capilano RFC
James Bay AA
Ru Nationalyears:2008-
Ru Nationalcaps:31
Ru Nationalpoints:(15)
Ru Ntupdate:7 September 2015
Ru Clubyears:2011-13
2013-14
2015-
Ru Proclubs:Aurillac
La Rochelle
Agen
Ru Clubcaps:37
5
16
Ru Clubpoints:(0)
(0)
(5)
Ru Clubupdate:26 August 2015
Ru Province:Hawke's Bay
Ru Provinceyears:2014
Ru Provincecaps:12
Ru Provincepoints:(0)
School:Carson Graham Secondary
University:Simon Fraser University

Jason Marshall (born 5 February 1985) is a Canadian rugby union player. His position is tighthead prop, and he has played 27 tests for the Canada national team. Marshall currently plays for La Rochelle in the Rugby Pro D2. Marshall had previously played rugby in the British Columbia Premiership with Capilano RFC and James Bay Athletic Association, BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship, and Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne in the Rugby Pro D2.[1]

Marshall originally had aspirations of becoming a professional football player as he played as a quarterback with Simon Fraser University and eventually tried out for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. After being cut from the Eskimos Marshall focused on rugby eventually making the Canada national senior team in 2008.[2]

Marshall competed for Canada at the 2011 Rugby World Cup starting at tighthead prop in all four of Canada's pool matches.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadian prop Jason Marshall signs pro deal in France on back of Rugby World Cup. 4 October 2011. Winnipeg Free Press. 22 December 2011.
  2. Web site: Former Clan QB earning stripes at RWC. Ovenell-Carter. Adam. September 2011. The Peak. 22 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120512013628/http://www.the-peak.ca/2011/09/former-clan-qb-earning-stripes-at-rwc/. 12 May 2012. dead.