Jack Neville is an

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born

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player who plays for Nottingham Rugby in the

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. He plays internationally for

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Career

Neville played rugby for

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while studying a bachelor's degree in Science, Business/Managerial and Economics. During his time at Cardiff University Neville played for his home town club Darlington Mowden Park, who at the time were in National Two North. In 2014 Neville joined Hong Kong Premiership side Kowloon RFC, intern joining the HKRU elite rugby programme. After a period of time with the Hong Kong Sevens team, he joined the South China Tigers squad for the inaugural Global Rapid Rugby season, making 2 appearances at the back end of the season, scoring on debut. Although part of the squad, due to being part of the HKRU elite rugby programme, he did not feature in the 2020 season due to Coronavirus causing the season to be cut short. In 2021 he joined Spanish División de Honor side

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where they came runners up in the 2021/22 season. Neville joined

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side

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in 2022 with his former

and South China Lions coach Craig Hammond now the

head coach.

International career

Neville made his international debut, coming off the bench against

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on the 17th November 2017. He has since made 17 appearances, scoring 6 tries.

Honours

2017 Cup of Nations Runners Up (

) 2018 Asia Rugby Championship (

)

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(

) 2021/22 División de Honor Runners Up (

) 2022 Asia Rugby Championship (

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neville, Jack 1992 births Living people Rugby union players from Darlington Hong Kong rugby union players Hong Kong rugby sevens players Nottingham R.F.C. players English rugby union players Alcobendas rugby players Expatriate rugby union players in Spain