James Short (born 15 October 1989) is an English rugby union player. He plays at

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for

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an England, English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played i ...

in the

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. He was educated at

Tonbridge School Tonbridge School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for boys aged 13–18) in Tonbridge, Kent, England, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde (sometimes spelt Judd). It is a member of the Eton Group and has clo ...

in Kent.

Club career

Short arrived at Saracens in 2007. The 2010–2011 season was really Short's breakthrough season for the Saracens team. He played regularly in the Saracens team and got a reputation for being a prolific try scorer and was the top try scorer for Saracens. Short also scored the only try in the 2011 Aviva Premiership Final helping Saracens to win their first ever Premiership final in a 22–18 victory over

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. Overall in the season Short made 24 appearances and scored 13 tries. At the end of the 2013/14 season he joined

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. On 23 July 2015 it was announced that Short would be joining Premiership Rivals,

References

External links

Saracens Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Short, James 1989 births Living people People educated at Tonbridge School English rugby union players Rugby union players from Redhill, Surrey Saracens F.C. players Rugby union wings