Jamie Houston

Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982) is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.

He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009.

Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.

After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany.

After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season. At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.

Honours

Club German rugby union championship Champions: 2008, 2009 Runners up: 2007, 2010 German rugby union cup Winners: 2009

Stats Jamie Houston's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

Club Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place 2008–09 SC 1880 Frankfurt Rugby-Bundesliga 16 4 0 0 0 1st – Champions 2009–10 15 4 0 0 0 1st – Runners up As of 15 December 2010

National team

European Nations Cup Year Team Competition Games Points Place 2008–2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 5 0 6th – Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions Year Team Competition Games Points 2009 Germany Friendly 1 0 As of 15 December 2010