Steven Vile | |
Full Name: | Steven Jeremy Vile |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1970 |
Birth Place: | Waratah, NSW, Australia |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Weight: | 183 lb |
Position: | Fly-half |
Years1: | 1996–97 |
Clubs1: | Bristol Bears |
Apps1: | ? |
Points1: | ? |
Years2: | 1997–99 |
Clubs2: | West Hartlepool |
Apps2: | ? |
Points2: | 478 |
Years3: | 1999–01 |
Clubs3: | Bristol Bears |
Apps3: | 14 |
Points3: | 158 |
Years4: | 2001–02 |
Clubs4: | Worcester |
Apps4: | ? |
Points4: | ? |
Provinceyears1: | 1993 |
Provinceapps1: | 3 |
Provincepoints1: | 9 |
Provinceyears2: | 1995 |
Provinceapps2: | 5 |
Provincepoints2: | 46 |
Steven Jeremy Vile (born 16 July 1970) is an Australian-born New Zealand former professional rugby union player.[1]
Born in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah, Vile was educated in Auckland, where he attended Kelston Boys' High School.[2]
Vile was a New Zealand Schools representative player, making appearances for King Country and Auckland, before continuing his career in England. A goal-kicking fly-half, Vile was the top points scorer for West Hartlepool in both their 1997–98 and 1998–99 league campaigns, then in 1999 moved on to Bristol, newly promoted to the Premiership.[3] He joined Worcester in 2001, as back-up to Craig Chalmers and Tony Yapp.[4]