Joshua Marcus Andrew Bassett (born 17 March 1992) is an English
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player who currently plays for
Harlequins. His regular position is Wing.
Club career
Bassett played youth team rugby for
Ampthill RUFC
Ampthill Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. The club runs six senior teams and the full range of junior sides. The first XV play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system. ...
, where he helped the under-17s win the National Bowl with a try in the final—the team lost only one game all season.
Bassett played for
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
The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when ...
. After being promoted from the academy in 2010, Bassett soon became a regular starter. He was linked with a host of Premiership teams after becoming a prolific try scorer for the Blues.
On 3 April 2013, it was announced that Bassett had signed for
Wasps
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ...
for the 2013/14 season. He would join fellow England U20s such as
Tommy Bell, Nathan Morris and
Alec Hepburn with whom he played at the 2012 junior World Cup.
Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and Bassett was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. Shortly after it was announced that he would join Premiership rivals
Harlequins until the end of the season.
International career
Bassett has made multiple appearances for the England Under 20s side, including a trip to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
for the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Championship.
In June 2021, Bassett was called up the England Senior Men's training squad for the summer series
References
External links
Bedford Blues profile*https://web.archive.org/web/20130406144752/http://www.wasps.co.uk/news/wasps33782.ink
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1992 births
Living people
Bedford Blues players
Wasps RFC players
Doncaster R.F.C. players
English rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Luton, Bedfordshire