Christian James Judge (born 8 January 1993) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a

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for Premiership Rugby club

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. Judge began playing rugby age 8 for his local club Launceston, representing the side all the way through to their first team. He then joined

Plymouth Albion Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The present club was founded in 1920 from a merger between Plymouth RFC (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC (founded 1876). Since 2003 they have pl ...

and impressed in National League 1. Judge played for Cornwall as they won the County Championship in

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and

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. He joined

Bedford Blues Bedford Blues are a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The Blues are a semi-pro ...

in the RFU Championship in 2016 and in the summer of 2017 moved back to Cornwall by joining the Cornish Pirates. On 17 September 2018 Judge joined Premiership Rugby side

initially on a three week loan. The loan was extended until January, and then again until the end of the 2018-19 Premiership Rugby season. Judge ended the season as Premiership champion coming off the bench as Saracens won the 2019 Premiership Final against Exeter Chiefs. On 18 January 2019 it was announced that Judge would be joining

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for the

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season. He joined Worcester Warriors for the 2020–21 season. On 27 May 2022, Judge would return to

ahead of the 2022-23 season. He helped Saracens win the Premiership title in 2023, featuring as a replacement in the final as Saracens defeated

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Judge, Christian 1993 births Living people English rugby union players Bath Rugby players Saracens F.C. players Bedford Blues players Cornish Pirates players Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Wolverhampton