Mitch Gudgeon Explained

Mitch Gudgeon
Full Name:Mitchell Gudgeon
Birth Date:27 April 1986
Height:6 ft 7 in
Weight:242 lb
School:Oak Bay High School
University:University of Victoria
Queen's University
Position:Lock
Repyears1:2010–11
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Mitchell Gudgeon (born April 27, 1986) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.[1]

Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Gudgeon was educated at Oak Bay High School and excelled most in basketball growing up. He was the 2004 Sport BC high school athlete of the year and played varsity basketball for the Victoria Vikes.[2] His university degree was in kinesiology and he later completed an MBA from Queen's University.[3]

Gudgeon gained two caps as a lock on the Canada national rugby union team, against Belgium in Brussels in 2010 and Russia in the 2011 Churchill Cup. He was named in the extended squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[4]

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  1. News: Canadians bank on height and youth to win back IRB status . . March 22, 2010 . en.
  2. News: Vikes rookies psyched up to take on Brock Badgers . . March 18, 2005.
  3. News: Underwood . Nora . Coaches for career - and lifestyle, healthy living too . . September 5, 2013.
  4. News: Canada's early roster released for Rugby World Cup . . June 27, 2011 . en.