Jack Singleton

Jack Singleton
Birth nameJack Howard Singleton
Date of birth (1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthDacorum, Hertfordshire, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight109 kg (17.2 st; 240 lb)
SchoolSt George's School, Harpenden
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014-2019 Worcester Warriors 65 (25)
2019-2020 Saracens 15 (10)
2020- Gloucester 56 (80)
2023-2024 → Toulon (loan) 21 (5)
Correct as of 30 October 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 England under-20 10 (35)
2017-2022 England A 2 (0)
2017-2022 England 4 (0)
Correct as of 30 October 2024

Jack Singleton (born 14 May 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays at hooker for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester.

Club career

Singleton came through the Saracens Academy prior to joining Worcester Warriors in 2014.[1] In October 2016 he made his professional debut for Worcester away in Russia against Enisei-STM in the EPCR Challenge Cup. In what proved to be a markedly good first professional season at Worcester, Singleton made twenty appearances. His Premiership debut came against Northampton Saints in November 2016. Singleton's good form as a young player, saw him collect a 'Club's Young Player of the Season' award for the 2016–2017 campaign.[2]

After five years at Worcester, Singleton returned to Saracens in 2019.[3] On 11 March 2020, Singleton joined Gloucester on a season-long loan deal for the 2020–21 season after Saracens were relegated to the RFU Championship due to salary cap breaches.[1][4] It was later confirmed he would remain at Gloucester permanently from the 2021–22 season.[3][5]

On 29 November 2023, Singleton would join French giants Toulon in the Top 14 on loan for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. This would give Singleton more game time since recovering from a serious knee injury. He will return to Gloucester in the Premiership for the 2024-25 season.[6]

International career

Singleton scored four tries in a game against Italy in the 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[7] He was selected for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and scored tries in pool matches against Italy and Scotland.[8][9] He started in the final as England defeated Ireland to become junior world champions.[10]

In May 2017 Singleton received his first call-up to the senior England squad by coach Eddie Jones and started in a non-cap game against the Barbarians.[11][12] He was a member of the squad on their tour of Argentina but remained on the bench for both tests.[13][14] He was also called up as injury cover during their 2018 tour of South Africa but did not participate in the series.[15]

On 11 August 2019, Singleton won his first cap for England off the bench against Wales at Twickenham in a warm-up match and the next day his selection for the 2019 Rugby World Cup was confirmed.[16][17] His only appearance at the tournament came as a replacement for Luke Cowan-Dickie during a pool stage fixture against the United States.[3][18]

Singleton was called up to the England squad on 15 November 2021 as cover for the injured Jamie George for the game against South Africa during the 2021 Autumn Nations Series.[19]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Jack Singleton: Saracens' England hooker to join Gloucester on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Jack Singleton Worcester Profile". Worcester Warriors. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Godwin, Hugh (6 May 2022). "Jack Singleton: Gloucester hooker on his 'turbulent' Saracens departure before European Challenge Cup meeting". The I. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ "England international hooker Jack Singleton joins Gloucester Rugby on a season long loan for the 2020-21 season". Gloucester Rugby. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Singleton to make Gloucester move permanent". Saracens. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Jack Singleton: Gloucester hooker joins Toulon for remainder of season". BBC Sport. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Four tries for Singleton as England U20 beat Italy". Premiership Rugby. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. ^ Middleton, Nathan (7 June 2016). "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England start Manchester tournament with win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. ^ Middleton, Nathan (11 June 2016). "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England win while Ireland stun New Zealand". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. ^ Fallon, John (25 June 2016). "Dominant England blow Ireland away in U20 World Cup final". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ^ "England name eight uncapped players to face Barbarians, Chris Robshaw and George Ford to captain". BBC Sport. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ "England 28-14 Barbarians". BBC Sport. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  13. ^ "England's Tommy Taylor and Nick Schonert out of Argentina tour". BBC Sport. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  14. ^ Jones, Stephen (10 September 2017). "Jack Singleton: A new breed of warrior". The Times. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  15. ^ Lowe, Alex (11 June 2018). "Jack Singleton called up by England as cover for Luke Cowan-Dickie". The Times. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. ^ Bech, Duncan (16 August 2019). "Rugby World Cup 2019: England deploy joker Jack Singleton to continue warm-up experiments". The Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  17. ^ Jones, Chris (12 August 2019). "Rugby World Cup: England leave out Te'o, name Ludlam & McConnochie in squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  18. ^ Fordyce, Tom (26 September 2019). "England thrash United States 45-7 in Rugby World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  19. ^ "England's Owen Farrell and Jamie George ruled out of South Africa Test through injury". BBC Sport. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.