Christian Scotland-Williamson (born 5 July 1993) is an English broadcaster, former professional

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player and former

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. He most recently played for Harlequins, having previously played for

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

before changing sport to American Football and then returning to rugby union.

Rugby career

He played for the

from 2014-2017, where he made 23 overall appearances. In 2017, he made a tackle and a video of this tackle went viral. The popularity of the video ultimately caused him to leave rugby to pursue a career in American football. He returned to rugby union ahead of the 2021–22 season having signed for Premiership champions Harlequins., and left the club at the end of the season. As of April 2023, he is a Disciplinary Panel Member for the RFU, and is a member of the National Anti-Doping Panel

American football career

Scotland-Williamson's move to American football was facilitated through the

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International Player Pathway International Player Pathway (IPP) is a program run by the National Football League (NFL) to increase the number of players from outside the United States or Canada in the NFL. The program was formed as part of the NFL's strategy to grow globally ...

program. He signed a

practice squad In gridiron football, the practice squad, also called the taxi squad or practice roster, is a group of players signed by a team but not part of their main roster. They serve as extra players during the team's practices, often as part of the scou ...

contract with the

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on 1 May 2018. He was waived on 1 September 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on 1 January 2019. On 31 August 2019, Scotland-Williamson was waived by the Steelers and was signed to the practice squad the next day. On 30 December 2019, Scotland Williamson was signed by the Steelers to a reserve/future contract. On 20 July 2020, he was waived by the Steelers with a Non-Football Injury designation.

Personal life

Scotland-Williamson was formerly a student at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

where he earned an Undergraduate Degree in Geography and Economics. He also earned a Master's degree in International Business from the University of Birmingham. Prior to Loughborough, Scotland-Williamson was a boarding house student at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. His favorite subject was Latin. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2023.

References

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