Gareth James Chilcott (born 20 November 1956 in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

) is a former

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player, who played at

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for

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and

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. He made his England debut against

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in 1984. He toured with the British Lions in Australia in 1989, together with

Andy Robinson Richard Andrew Robinson OBE (born 3 April 1964) is an English rugby union coach and retired player. He was the director of rugby at Bristol until November 2016. He is the former head coach of Scotland and England. From September 2019 to Decemb ...

and

Jeremy Guscott Jeremy Clayton Guscott (born 7 July 1965) is a British former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. He also appeared for England on the wing. Guscott was born in Bath, Somerset, one of the t ...

. He acted in the revived stage play

Up 'n' Under ''Up 'n' Under'' is a comedy by English playwright John Godber, first staged at the Hull Truck Theatre in 1984. It won The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy that same year. The sequel, ''Up 'n' Under II'', followed in 1985. Plot It fo ...

which was set around a

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tournament. Chilcott is also a

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supporter and goes to many home and away games. He appeared in a rugby special of '' Come Dine with Me'' with

Martin Offiah Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE ( (''original pronunciation''), (''commonly used'')); born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted i ...

Victor Ubogu Victor Eriakpo Ubogu (born 8 September 1964) is a former Bath and England rugby union player. Arriving in the UK from Lagos, Nigeria in 1977, he attended West Buckland School in Devon he received the school's top award, the Fortescue Medal. ...

, and

Kyran Bracken Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE (born 22 November 1971) is a world-cup winning former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo. He won a total of 51 England caps and captained the team on three occasi ...

which was shown in September 2011. In 2012, Chilcott establishe
Venatour
a sports travel company based in

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. He also hosts a regular online opinion show, Cooch's Corner, featuring opinion and rugby guests.

Charitable work

He is an active Honorary President of the rugby charity

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, improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in Britain and Ireland. He is also an ambassador for SOS International Rugby Board Kit Aid. SOS/IRB Kit Aid is a "green" rugby project that gives less-advantaged children around the world a chance to play and develop rugby in emerging nations through the collection and distribution of unused/unwanted recycled rugby kit from the UK and Ireland.

References

External links

SOS IRB Kit AidProfile at Bath Rugby "Hall of Fame"
1956 births Living people Bath Rugby players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England England international rugby union players English rugby union players Rugby union players from Bristol Rugby union props {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub