Josh Gillespie (born 20 October 2000) 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 plays as a Winger.

Early life

Born in

Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ...

, Gillespie started playing rugby union for Centaurs RFC when his family moved to

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. As a teenager he was educated at

Millfield Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding schoo ...

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

. He initially played in the academy at

Bath Rugby Bath Rugby is a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground in the c ...

before joining the academy at Northampton Saints.

Career

Gillespie became the youngest player in Northampton Saints professional history, aged era at 18 years and 15 days, when he made his debut against

Wasps RFC Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...

in the Premiership Rugby Cup in 2018. He also played Premiership Rugby 7s for Northampton. He scored a try on his Premiership Rugby debut against Bristol Bears in September 2020. In August 2022, he signed for Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship, Rugby Championship during the 2022-2023 season, having also previously on loan from Northampton in that division for Ampthill RUFC and Bedford Blues. In 2022, he also spent time on loan at London Scottish F.C., London Scottish. In February 2024, he joined Rugby League side Leeds Rhinos on a month's trial.

International career

Gillespie represented England at England national under-20 rugby union team, U18 and England national under-20 rugby union team, U20 level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillespie, Josh 2000 births Living people Ampthill RUFC players Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club players English rugby union players Bedford Blues players London Scottish F.C. players Northampton Saints players People educated at Millfield Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Sydney