Marcus Watson (born 27 June 1991) 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 at wing and fullback for Benetton in the

United Rugby Championship The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. The current name was adopted in 2021 when the league expanded to include four South Afr ...

. Watson attended

St George's College, Weybridge St George's Weybridge is an independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational Josephite day school in Surrey, taking pupils from 3 to 18. St George's Weybridge is made up of St George's Junior School (3–11) and St George's College (11–18). ...

in Surrey, as a full-back.

Club career

Watson started his career at

London Irish London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While ...

in 2009, where he came through the club's academy. He only made six first team appearances before moving to Saracens in 2011. Watson never made a competitive first team appearance for Saracens but did help them win the JP Morgan Premiership Sevens. Watson transitioned back to 15-a-side when he signed with

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

after three years with England Sevens in February 2015. He was awarded the team's player of the month in November 2017. On 22 February 2017, Watson signed for Premiership rivals

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in the

English Premiership The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

ahead of the 2017-18 season.

International career

Watson played for England in the

World Rugby Under 20 Championship The World Rugby Under 20 Championship (known as the IRB Junior World Championship until 2014) is an international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, World Rugby, and is contested by 12 men's junior nat ...

in 2010. Marcus played for

England national rugby sevens team The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently i ...

from 2012–2015. He was selected for Team GB's Rugby 7s squad to play at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 in which GB won silver.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Marcus 1991 births Living people Newcastle Falcons players English rugby union players London Irish players People educated at St George's College, Weybridge Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union wings Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain Great Britain national rugby sevens team players Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics England international rugby sevens players Sportspeople from Hillingdon Rugby union players from the London Borough of Hillingdon Saracens F.C. players English sportspeople of South African descent Male rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England Wasps RFC players Benetton Rugby players