Christian Day (born 24 June 1983) is a retired

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player who last played for

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in the Aviva Premiership. His position of choice was

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Rugby

Day played for Sale, and also had a short spell at French giants

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. In the 2005–2006 season, Day played as a replacement in the final as

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won their first ever Premiership title. Joining

in 2008, Day went on to rack up 232 appearances for the Midlands side. In that time, Day helped Saints to lift the Aviva Premiership,

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twice and the Premiership Cup. In January 2015 he was called up to the senior England squad by Stuart Lancaster, but was ultimately never capped at that level. Holding the post of the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association since 2014, Day was named Players' Player of the Season in that double-winning season by his Saints peers. Day stepped down from his position as the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association in November 2017, handing the role to Harlequins prop Mark Lambert. Day assumed the Vice-President role for the 2017/18 season. Day was amongst the squad that helped Saints' second team, the Northampton Wanderers, clinch the 2016/17 Aviva 'A' League trophy, though was not in the side for the final against Gloucester United. On 19 April 2018 Day announced that he would be retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 17/18 season. He went on to take up a full-time role at the RPA as their player liaison officer. In January 2023, Day was elected General Secretary of the RPA, following an election. Christian was at the forefront of negotiations for the new Men's Professional Game Partnership, where the RPA became signatories for the first time. He represented the players voice throughout the negotiations .

Personal

In March 2020, Day appeared on the general public edition of BBC TV cookery competition

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, progressing to the final 7 before being eliminated after making a vital error in the eyes of the judges twice. He has two children, Anna and Emily.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Christian 1983 births Living people Sale Sharks players Stade Français Paris players Northampton Saints players English rugby union players English expatriate rugby union players in France MasterChef (British TV series) contestants