Wikipedia

Jack Lavin

Jack Lavin (born 1992) is an English rugby union player who is currently at Esher in National League 1 having signed from Caldy for the 2017–18 season.[1][2] He plays at Fly-half or Inside Centre and is an excellent points kicker who can also score tries. As well as playing club rugby he has represented Cheshire in the county championships, finishing as runners up in 2016, as well as being capped by England Counties XV.[3]

Jack Lavin
Date of birth (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 32)
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight203 lb (92 kg)
SchoolCalday Grange
UniversityCardiff Metropolitan University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Inside Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–10
2010–11, 2015
2011–14
2014–15, 2015–17
2017–		 Hoylake
Birkenhead Park
UWIC
Caldy
Esher		 ?
18
?
63
 ?
83
?
471
Correct as of 30 April 2019
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 England Counties XV 2 12
Correct as of 10 July 2017

Career edit

Early career edit

Growing up in the Wirral, Lavin attended Calday Grange Grammar School in the town of West Kirby.[4] While still attending school he played men's senior rugby union with Hoylake, featuring prominently for the club during the 2009–10 season when they finished 10th in South Lancs/Cheshire 1 – a northern regional league.[5][6][7] His performances for Hoylake saw him come to the attention of two higher ranked clubs in the area – Birkenhead Park and Caldy. After playing several pre-season games with Caldy during the summer of 2010 he decided to sign for Birkenhead Park instead as he felt he was more likely to get first team action as Park were one division below Caldy in National League 3 North.[8]

Lavin started the 2010–11 season playing for Birkenhead Park's second team – the Wanderers. After impressing for the Wanderers he made his first team debut on 25 September 2010, scoring 10 points in a 20–11 victory away to Penrith.[9][10] Several months later he scored his first try for his new club in a 27–24 victory away to Billingham in a league match.[11] Lavin would go on to feature regularly for Birkenhead Park as they finished in 6th place in National League 3 North.[12] While at Birkenhead Park he was also selected to play for the Cheshire under-20 county side.[13]

In 2011 Lavin left Birkenhead Park and the Wirral to move to Cardiff where he was studying for a Bachelor of Science (Bsc), Sports and Exercise at Cardiff Metropolitan University. While at university he also played for the affiliated rugby club, UWIC, who played in the Welsh Championship (tier 2 of the Welsh domestic league). Lavin was also part of the Cardiff Met side that won the 2013 BUCS Championship, featuring in the starting line-up as his team defeated Hartpury College 27–13 in the final held at Twickenham Stadium in March.[14] Several months later Lavin would be called up by the Cheshire senior county side to be part of the squad for the 2013 Bill Beaumont Cup – the first of two county championship he would take part in while still at university.[15][16]

Caldy edit

In 2014 upon completing university at Cardiff Met Lavin returned to the Wirral and joined Caldy (who he had almost signed for back in 2010).[17] He made his National League 2 North debut for Caldy on 6 September 2014 in what would be a 17–45 defeat away to Hull Ionians.[18] His debut season with Caldy was slightly underwhelming and despite making 10 league appearances by the spring of 2015 Lavin had decided to leave the club and resign with former club, Birkenhead Park, who were playing several divisions below in North 1 West.

Second spell with Birkenhead Park edit

Having left half-way through the season Lavin joined a Birkenhead Park side chasing promotion in North 1 West, making his debut on 31 January 2015 in a 29–12 win away to Warrington in a game that saw him score a try in a man of the match performance.[19] In his new surroundings he continued to show great form as Birkenhead Park, playing in every league game as they went on to claim the North 1 West title and promotion to National League 3 North.[20] He capped a triumphant season by scoring a hat-trick of tries in the final league game, a 43–15 win at home to Kendal.[21]

Despite playing in tier 6 of the English league system, Lavin was so impressive that he was once more called up by the Cheshire county side to take part in the 2015 Bill Beaumont Cup. While he had been a bit part player in previous championships, this time he was the main man in a Cheshire side looking to win the northern pool and qualify for the Twickenham final. Lavin had an excellent tournament, finishing as the competitions second highest points scorer with 31 points, as Cheshire finished second in their pool behind finalists Lancashire.

Back to Caldy edit

After a successful personal showing at the 2015 Bill Beaumont Cup with Cheshire, Lavin returned to Caldy for another crack at National League 2 North.[22] He made his first appearance of the campaign on 5 September 2015, kicking 13 points in a 23–11 victory away to Sale. After this starring performance, Lavin would not look back and he went on to make 27 league appearances and contributed 83 points (including 8 tries) to a Caldy side that would finish 5th in the league. He also started the final of the Cheshire Cup in April 2016, as Caldy lost 26–49 to National League 2 champions, Macclesfield, at Bradwell Road in Sandbach.[23]

At the end of the 2015–16 season Lavin would take part in his fourth county championships with Cheshire. He had another excellent tournament at the 2016 Bill Beaumont Cup helping his county to their first final in 14 years, and although they lost 13–35 to a very strong Cornwall side, Lavin proved to be one of the best players in the competition, with his personal tally of 49 points (including 3 tries) making him the top points scorer.[3] The 2016–17 season was an outstanding one for Lavin who finished top scorer in National League 2 North with 378 points, including 23 tries, in a Caldy side that stormed to the league title and promotion to National League 1 – the highest level the club has ever reached.[24][25] He was also called up for Cheshire for the 2017 Bill Beaumont Cup but experienced a disappointing championships as his county failed to reach the final after losing 2 of their 3 pool games. The final highlight of an excellent season was Lavin's call up to the England Counties XV for their tour of Spain. He started the first game of the tour, kicking 12 points as Counties convincingly beat Euskarians 61–19 in San Sebastián.[26] He also featured in the second game against Spain in Guadalajara, which Counties won 45–28.[27]

National League 1 with Esher edit

In July 2017, after two successful seasons with Caldy, Lavin signed for Esher, playing in National League 1.[28] Unfortunately, Lavin suffered a serious (life-threatening) neck injury during pre-season training which ended his season before it began. After two seasons out he is expected to be back playing again at the start of the 2019–20 season.

Season-by-season playing stats edit

1st 50/22 for Esher RFC vs Redruth 2021/22 season

Club edit

Season Club Competition Appearances Tries Drop Goals Conversions Penalties Total Points
2009–10 Hoylake South Lancs/Cheshire 1 ? ? ? ? ? ?
2010–11 Birkenhead Park[29] National League 3 North 9 2 0 5 6 38
2011–12 UWIC Welsh Championship ? ? ? ? ? ?
2012–13 Welsh Championship ? ? ? ? ? ?
2013–14 Welsh Championship ? ? ? ? ? ?
2014–15 Caldy National League 2 North 10 2 0 0 0 10
Birkenhead Park[30] North 1 West 9 9 0 0 0 45
2015–16 Caldy National League 2 North 27 8 0 11 7 83
2016–17 National League 2 North 26 23 1 85 30 378
2017–18 Esher National League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 National League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

[31]

County/Representative edit

Season Side Competition Appearances Tries Drop Goals Conversions Penalties Total Points
2012–13[b 1] Cheshire County Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14 County Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 County Championship 3 3 0 8 0 31
2015–16 County Championship 4 3 0 5 8 49
2016–17 County Championship 2 0 0 5 3 19
England Counties XV Tour of Spain 2 0 0 6 0 12
  1. ^ Gavin was selected for the Cheshire squad to take part in the 2013 County Championships but only was on the substitutes bench for one of their pool games. Whether he made an appearance from the bench during this game is unclear.

Honours and records edit

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Birkenhead Park

Caldy

Cheshire (Senior Side)

Cheshire (under-20)

England Counties XV

  • Selected for tour of Spain: 2017

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Jack Lavin Details". Rugby Statbunker. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Jack Lavin". Caldy RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Cornwall win back to back Twickenham triumphs". Plymouth Herald. 29 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Jack Lavin". Linked In. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ "1st XV Match Report – Hoylake v Anselmians". Hoylake RFC (Pitchero). 28 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Hoylake 1st XV v Glossop". Hoylake RFC (Pitchero). 27 March 2010.
  7. ^ "2009–2010 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Birkenhead Park". Rolling Maul. 1 September 2015.
  9. ^ "PARK PUT PENRITH TO THE SWORD". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). 25 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Waterloo target first victory". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). 2 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Billingham 24 – 27 Birkenhead Park". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). 20 November 2010.
  12. ^ "National League 3 North 2010–2011". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  13. ^ "4 players in squad for friendly against Gloucestershire this weekend". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Two yellow cards prove expensive as Hartpury lose grip on crown". Gloucester Citizen. 8 March 2013.
  15. ^ "Cheshire Squad". Rolling Maul. 10 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Cheshire 1st XV v Lancashire at Sedgley Park 24th May KO 3 pm". Cheshire RFU. 24 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Introducing some of the new players at Caldy RFC". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Hull Ionians VS Caldy". Rugby Statbunker. 6 September 2014.
  19. ^ "WARRINGTON 12 BIRKENHEAD PARK 29". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). 31 January 2015.
  20. ^ "2014–2015 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Special weekend of rugby at Oldershaw". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 April 2015.
  22. ^ "It's Back!!!! Rugby Season starts again this weekend!!!". Caldy RUFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  23. ^ "That Friday Feeling!!!". Caldy RUFC (Pitchero). 27 April 2016.
  24. ^ "National League North". The RUGBYPaper. No. 450. Rugby Paper Ltd. 30 April 2017. pp. 30–31 & 37.
  25. ^ "Caldy land title after stunning fightback". The RUGBYPaper. No. 447. Rugby Paper Ltd. 9 April 2017. p. 32.
  26. ^ "ENGLAND COUNTIES START TOUR WITH CONVINCING WIN". England Rugby. 1 June 2017.
  27. ^ "England Counties Beat Spain To Finish Tour Unbeaten". England Rugby. 5 June 2017.
  28. ^ "Esher sign hot-shot Centres". Esher Rugby. 9 July 2017.
  29. ^ "Fixtures And Results 2010–11 Season". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  30. ^ "Fixtures And Results 2014–15 Season". Birkenhead Park FC (Pitchero). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  31. ^ "Jack Lavin Record by competition". Rugby Statbunker. 10 July 2017.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Lavin&oldid=1216969623"