Mike B. James (born 21 July 1973 in

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, British Columbia, Canada) is a former professional Canadian

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player. Standing at 196 cm tall and weighing in at 110 kg, James is an imposing figure and is well known for his expertise in the set pieces. He has played for the prestigious French Barbarians, and was featured in the 2005 team that included

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greats

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and

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. He last played in France for Stade Français, having started his career with 4 years in Perpignan USAP and was part of the great Stade teams that won the French Premiership titles in 2003, 2004 and 2007. James also played in 2 Heineken Cup Finals in 2001 and 2005. He earned 57 caps for

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, 9 of which have come from

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matches. He captained Canada on several occasions, and most recently in the match against

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at Nantes. James appeared in 4 World Cups – in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 James retired from playing in 2008 and returned to Vancouver, where he was appointed as head coach of

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. He coached his old club for just over two seasons. He has since served as coach of the

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and served 6 years on the BC Rugby Board of Directors. He is now a successful Mortgage Broker based in North Vancouver, BC.

Honours

Stade Français *

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: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07

References

External links

Mike James statistics at Scrum.Com
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