Phillip Thiel | |
Birth Name: | Phillip Thiel |
Birth Date: | October 29, 1984 |
Birth Place: | Traverse City, Michigan, U.S. |
Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
Weight: | 113kg (249lb) |
Ru Position: | Prop, Hooker |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Life University Traverse Bay Blues RFC |
Ru Nationalteam: | United States |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2009–2015 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 36 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (5) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 11 October 2015 |
Ru Clubyears: | 2014 |
Ru Proclubs: | Cinderford Saracens |
Ru Clubcaps: | 9 0 |
Ru Clubpoints: | 10 (0) |
Ru Currentclub: | Life University |
Phillip Thiel (born October 29, 1984) is a former American rugby union player who currently coaches Atlanta Old White rugby football Club and played for Life University Men's Senior Rugby Club in the American Rugby Premiership as a hooker and prop.
After taking nearly 18 months off, Thiel returned to play for Life University for the 2013 Division 1 and Elite Cup Series[1] and was selected to represent Life University rugby at the Rugby Showdown against the Golden Lions as a member of the North American All-Stars before the event was canceled.[2] In August 2014 Thiel signed a short-term deal with Saracens.[3]
His debut with the Eagles was in November 2009 against Uruguay. He was selected to play with the USA Eagles for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups. Thiel co-captained the USA Eagles Select team at the 2013 Americas Rugby Championship[4] where the Eagles finished second.[5]