Josh Peters
Birth nameJoshua Jason Peters
Date of birth (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995
Place of birthSidcup, England
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
SchoolOundle School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Youth career
–2015 Marbella RFC
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2018 Northampton Saints 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Coventry (loan) 7 (10)
2017–2018 → Cambridge (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2020 Blackheath 20 (5)
2020–2021 Stade Dijonnais ()
2021–2022 Doncaster Knights ()
2022– Newcastle Falcons 1 (5)
Correct as of 22 September 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 England U18s 14 (0)
2018– Spain 10 (0)
Correct as of 22 September 2022

Joshua J. Peters is a Spanish international rugby union player playing for Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. He has previously played for Coventry and Cambridge and was part of Northampton Saints academy and Blackheath until 2020.[1]

Born in Sidcup Peters moved to Spain aged 2,[1] and began his rugby career in Spain playing for Marbella RFC before returning to the UK to join Oundle School.[2]

Playing for both Spain Under-17s and Under-18s as well as England Under-17s and Under-18s, Peters featured in the Saints Junior Academy before signing a professional contract to become a part of their Senior Academy set-up.[3]

Peters was selected in the England U17s squad for the 2012/13 season and then featured for the England U18s in 2013 making his debut against Scotland.[4][5][6]

Peters signed a dual-registers contract with Coventry for the 2016/17 season.[7]

He signed for the Championship side Doncaster Knights from the French Nationale side Stade Dijonnais in July 2021. He then signed for Premiership side Newcastle Falcons prior to the 2022/23 season.[8][9]

Peters made his Spain debut on 3 March 2018 against Georgia in Tbilisi.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Joshua Peters, el gigante bailarín" (in Spanish). Revista H. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Verdier, Nick (August 29, 2013). "Young Gun: Josh Peters – Northampton lock". The Rugby Paper.
  3. ↑ "Josh Peters - Northampton Saints". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  4. ↑ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  5. ↑ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  6. ↑ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  7. ↑ Wilkinson, John; Smith, Paul (January 5, 2017). "Cov's Boris Stankovich becomes Leicester's Cockerill stand-in". coventrytelegraph.
  8. ↑ "Josh Peters to Join Premiership Side Newcastle Falcons". Doncaster Knights. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  9. ↑ "Player Bio Josh Peters - Newcastle Falcons". www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  10. ↑ "Josh Peters ESPN profile". ESPN. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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