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Full name | Fraser John Balmain | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Newlands School & Newcastle Royal Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||
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Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2011–2017 2017– |
Leicester Tigers Gloucester Rugby |
87 | (10) |
Correct as of August 2016
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Fraser John Balmain (born 16 November 1991) is an English rugby union prop forward who plays for Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership.
Balmain joined Leicester in July 2010 after being released from Newcastle Falcons academy and turning down an academy contract from Northampton Saints. On 12 November he made his Leicester debut from the bench during an Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Ospreys in Bridgend. He had to wait two years though to make his first start against the New Zealand Maori on 13 November 2012.
In 2014 Balmain featured from the bench in an uncapped England match against the Barbarians.
On 10 January 2017, Balmain would leave Leicester to join Premiership rivals Gloucester Rugby ahead of the 2017-18 season.