Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982)
accessed: 19 March 2010 is a retired German

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player, having played for the

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in the

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and the

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. He most recently was coach of

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in the Rugby-Bundesliga. He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009. Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt. 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

for

Rudolf Finsterer Rudolf Finsterer (born 5 May 1951)

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.TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013
totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012

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:Jamie Houston profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 19 March 2010

Club

* ''As of 15 December 2010''

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 15 December 2010''

References

External links

at scrum.com *
Jamie Houston
at totalrugby.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Houston, Jamie 1982 births Living people English rugby union players German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players Naturalized citizens of Germany SC 1880 Frankfurt players Rugby union hookers German rugby union coaches Expatriate rugby union players in Australia English expatriate sportspeople in Australia English expatriate rugby union players