Dan Hipkiss
| Full name | Daniel Hipkiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 June 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ipswich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School |
Hartismere High School Uppingham School |
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| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Centre | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001-2011 2011-2013 |
Leicester Tigers Bath Rugby |
130 13 |
(150) (5) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2007–2010 | England | 13 | (0) |
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Correct as of 21 February 2012
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Daniel James Hipkiss (born 4 June 1982 in Ipswich) is a retired Rugby Union player who played at Centre for Bath Rugby and Leicester Tigers. Hipkiss has represented England at U16, U17, U18, U21 and England A. His full England début came versus Wales in a World Cup warm up match at Twickenham on 4 August 2007.
He went to school at Uppingham School, where he was captain of the firsts. He was in Farleigh house.
Having overcome a career-threatening injury to his left knee in November 1999, Hipkiss made his first start for the Tigers' U21s against Leeds on 9 November 2001, scoring a try on his debut. He was called into the first team squad for summer training in 2002 and had his Premiership debut away at Leeds that year. He quickly became a regular member of the successful Tigers 2002–03 U21 team, and captained a Leicester side in the 2006 Middlesex Sevens at Twickenham. He was named Tigers Players' Player of the Year in 2006–07.
2008–09 saw the Tigers feature in two finals – Heineken Cup and Guinness Premiership, the latter of which they won.
During the 2009–10 season, Hipkiss suffered an injury midway through the season, but returned to play for Tigers' A-league side in their semi-final against the Saracens' A-league side. He scored a try, and the team won 23–11. He went on to score a further try in the final, where the team won the 'A' league.
He continued his streak of tries when playing as a substitute in the 2009–10 Guinness Premiership final against the senior Saracens side. The Tigers went one point behind four minutes from time, and Hipkiss wriggled through a high tackle from the retiring Glen Jackson to score the winning try, to leave the game at 33–27.
Hipkiss joined Bath on a 2-year contract from the 2011-2012 season
Hipkiss was one of five Leicester players called up for the 2003 IRB U21 World Cup. He was chosen for the England Sevens squad in 2004.
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