Jason Marshall (born 5 February 1985) is a Canadian rugby union player. His position is

tighthead prop In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16– ...

, and he has played 27 tests for the Canada national team. Marshall currently plays for La Rochelle in the

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. Marshall had previously played rugby in the British Columbia Premiership with Capilano RFC and

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, BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship, and Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne in the

. Marshall originally had aspirations of becoming a professional football player as he played as a quarterback with Simon Fraser University and eventually tried out for the

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of the Canadian Football League. After being cut from the Eskimos Marshall focused on rugby eventually making the Canada national senior team in 2008. Marshall competed for Canada at the

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starting at tighthead prop in all four of Canada's pool matches.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Jason 1985 births Canadian rugby union players Canada international rugby union players Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Canadian expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Rugby union props Sportspeople from North Vancouver Rugby union players from British Columbia Hawke's Bay rugby union players Stade Rochelais players 2011 Rugby World Cup players James Bay Athletic Association players