Jack Singleton (born 14 May 1996) is an English professional

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player who plays at hooker for

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club

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Club career

Singleton came through the Saracens Academy prior to joining

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in 2014. In October 2016 he made his professional debut for Worcester away in Russia against Enisei-STM in the

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. In what proved to be a markedly good first professional season at Worcester, Singleton made twenty appearances. His Premiership debut came against

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in November 2016. Singleton’s good form as a young player, saw him collect a 'Club's Young Player of the Season' award for the 2016–2017 campaign. After five years at Worcester, Singleton returned to

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in 2019. On 11 March 2020, Singleton joined

on a season-long loan deal for the 2020-21 season after Saracens were relegated to the

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due to salary cap breaches. It was later confirmed he would remain at Gloucester permanently from the 2021–22 season.

International career

Singleton scored four tries in a game against

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in the 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. He was selected for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and scored tries in pool matches against Italy and

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. He started in the final as England defeated

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to become junior world champions. In May 2017 Singleton received his first call-up to the senior

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squad by coach Eddie Jones and started in a non-cap game against the

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. He was a member of the squad on their tour of Argentina but remained on the bench for both tests. He was also called up as injury cover during their 2018 tour of South Africa but did not participate in the series. On 11 August 2019, Singleton won his first cap for England off the bench against

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in a warm-up match and the next day his selection for the

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was confirmed. His only appearance at the tournament came as a replacement for

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during a pool stage fixture against the

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. Singleton was called up to the England squad on 15 November 2021 as cover for the injured

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for the game against South Africa during the 2021 Autumn Nations Series.

Honours

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**Runner up:

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References

External links

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