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17 Facts About Courtney Lawes

1.

Courtney Linford Lawes is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a second or back row for Northampton Saints in the Gallagher Premiership.

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Courtney Lawes attended Northampton School for Boys and is a product of Northampton Old Scouts, the same club that produced his former teammate Rob Milligan as well as Ben Cohen and Steve Thompson, amongst others.

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In March 2010 Courtney Lawes was part of the side that beat Gloucester to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the following season saw him start in the 2011 Heineken Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium as Northampton finished runners up to Leinster.

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4.

Courtney Lawes won England representative honours for the U18 side and toured Australia with England Under 18s in 2007.

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5.

Courtney Lawes missed out on the 2008 U20s Six Nations through injury but featured in the IRB Junior World Championship that year.

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In July 2009, Courtney Lawes was selected for the England Saxons squad and on 26 October 2009 he received his first call-up by coach Martin Johnson to the senior England squad.

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7.

Courtney Lawes was included in the squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and started in their quarter-final elimination against France.

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8.

Courtney Lawes was selected for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and featured in two pool games against Fiji and Wales as the hosts failed to make the knockout phase.

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9.

Courtney Lawes participated in the 2016 Six Nations Championship as England achieved their first Grand Slam in over a decade.

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10.

Courtney Lawes came off the bench in all three tests as England completed a series whitewash on their 2016 tour of Australia and later that year scored his first international try on his fiftieth cap against South Africa.

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11.

The following year saw Courtney Lawes start in the last match of the 2017 Six Nations Championship which England lost away to Ireland ensuring they failed to complete consecutive grand slams and brought an end to a record equalling eighteen successive Test victories.

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12.

Courtney Lawes was included in the squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

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13.

Courtney Lawes started all three knockout games against Australia in the quarter-final, victory over New Zealand in the semi-final and defeat to South Africa in the final as England finished runners up.

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14.

Courtney Lawes was a member of the side that won the 2020 Six Nations Championship.

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15.

On 6 November 2021, Courtney Lawes captained England for the first time, in a game against Tonga.

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16.

Courtney Lawes was handed his first Lions starting place for the Lions' second game of the tour, against the Blues.

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17.

Courtney Lawes did not feature in the first test but did come off the bench in the second and third tests as the series finished level.

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