Hugh Pyle
Appearance
Birth name | Hugh Pyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 September 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Pyle (born 21 September 1988 in Sydney) is a retired rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is lock. He previously represented the Rebels in Super Rugby making his franchise debut in Round 3 of the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs.
At the conclusion of the 2014 Super Rugby season he departed Australia to take up a lucrative opportunity with major French rugby club (Stade français Paris rugby). He recently came out of retirement to play for the "Mighty" Riyadh Rugby Scorpions, which he described as the highlight of his carrier; voted as best looking player by popular demand - one player was even heard asking whether he would father his children.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- People educated at Barker College
- Stade Français Paris players
- Aviron Bayonnais players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo players
- Australian rugby union biography stubs