Rob Miller (born 5 August 1989) 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 for
Wasps
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. He plays at
Full-back. Miller was brought up in
Bothel, Cumbria
Bothel is a small village in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Bothel was historically within Cumberland.
Location
It is situated just off the main A595 road, 18 miles (29 km) from Carlisle, from Keswick and 7 miles (11 km ...
.
Career
In the
2007/8 season Miller was
Tynedale
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Tynedale is an area and former local government district in south-west Northumberland, England. The district had a resident population of 58,808 according to the 2001 Census. Its main towns were Hexham, Haltwhistle and Prudhoe. The ...
's top try-scorer as they won promotion to
National Division Two
National One (last season known as National League 1 and previously known before September 2009 as National Division Two), is the third of three national leagues in the domestic rugby union competition of England. It was known as Courage Leagu ...
.
Miller made his
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 ...
first team début in 2008, in a man-of-the-match winning performance against
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
.
In June 2010, Miller signed a three-year deal with
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
, where he has made a number of appearances, earning man-of-the-match status in two games. Sale had to compete with
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 ...
for Miller's signature and Falcons had been keen to hang on to him.
Miller has won England Caps at Under-16s, Under 18s and Under 20 levels, helping
England Under-20 to the Grand Slam in 2008, and the final of the
IRB Under-20s World Cup in Wales.
In 2009, Miller appeared in the
Under-20s World Cup final in Japan.
On 6 February 2014, Miller signed for the
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 ...
from the 2014-15 season.
References
External links
Sale Sharks Player Profile
1989 births
Living people
Alumni of Northumbria University
English rugby union players
Newcastle Falcons players
People educated at Keswick School
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union players from Carlisle, Cumbria
Sale Sharks players
Tynedale R.F.C. players
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