Michael Stephenson (born 28 September 1980 in

Tynemouth Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon T ...

) is a

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 ...

footballer, who plays at Touch My Pitch Up. He previously played at

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for

Percy Park RFC Percy Park Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in North Shields, Tyne & Wear. The club runs three senior sides and a full set of junior teams. The first XV currently plays in North 1 East. About There are five pitches availa ...

and formerly for

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. Stephenson began his career with the

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 ...

, winning two English Cups in 2001 and 2004 during five years in the Falcons' first team before moving to

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in the Summer of 2005, Stephenson then joined

Leeds Carnegie Leeds Carnegie was a brand name used by several sports teams associated with the Carnegie School of Physical Education, now part of Leeds Beckett University. These include: Current * Leeds Carnegie Handball Club Changed name * Leeds Carnegie (ba ...

before signing for

and Percy Park Sharks. He currently plays for Touch My Pitch Up, sometimes. They have reached the play-off finals four years running and were unbeaten in the season leading up to the 2017 play-offs. Stephenson's rugby career was nurtured at

Durham School Durham School is an independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Durham, North East England and was an all-boys institution until 1985, when girls were admitted to the sixth form. The school takes pupils a ...

where he reached two National Cup semi-finals and played at first team level for three years in a team which has produced other internationals such as

Garath Archer Garath Archer (born 15 December 1974 in Durham) is a former English rugby union footballer. He played for both Bristol Rugby and the Newcastle Falcons.Garath was an apprentice carpenter. In total Archer earned 21 caps for England, including games ...

. He made his international debut against

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on 2 June 2001.

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