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Mike Tindall

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For the footballer who played for Aston Villa in the 1960s, see Mike Tindall (footballer).

Mike Tindall


Full name

Michael James Tindall


Date of birth

18 October 1978 (age 34)


Place of birth

Otley, England


Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)


Weight

100 kg[1] (220pounds)


School

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield.


Rugby union career


Playing career


Position

Centre


Professional / senior clubs


Years

Club / team

Caps

(points)


1997–2005
2005–

Bath Rugby
Gloucester Rugby

85
151

(133)
(95)


correct as of 4 February 2007.


National team(s)


Years

Club / teamCaps

(points)


2000–

England

75

(74)


correct as of 28 Feb 2009.


Michael James Tindall, MBE (born 18 October 1978) is an English rugby player who plays outside centre for Gloucester Rugby and has captained the England team. He is married to Zara Phillips, the daughter of the Princess Royal and the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Dukeof Edinburgh[2]


Contents
[hide] 1 Early life
2 Career 2.1 Bath
2.2 Gloucester Rugby
2.3 2011 Rugby World Cup misconduct

3 Personal life
4 Drink-driving convictions
5 Ancestry
6 References
7 External links


[edit] Early life

Tindall was born in Otley, West Yorkshire, and was educated at the private, fee-paying Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, while hisfather Phil captained Otley.[3][4]

[edit] Career

[edit] Bath

Tindall joined Bath straight from school, as an 18-year-old in 1997. At that point the centre pairing at Bath and England were Jeremy Guscott and Phil de Glanville. But after the 1999 Rugby World Cup, Tindall played regularly at both club and country level, making his debut against Ireland at Twickenham in 2000 alongside MikeCatt.

Despite criticism over the years, in particular from Will Carling and ex-Bath fly-half Stuart Barnes,[5] he cemented the outside centre position as his own with a partnership with inside centre Will Greenwood, playing in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Tindall played in the number 12 jersey and played at outside centre, with Greenwood in the number 13. The shirt numbers often misled peopleinto thinking they played the other way round but Tindall usually lined up outside Greenwood as the latter preferred to wear the number 13 jersey for superstitious reasons. He was dropped for the semi-final in favour of Mike Catt, whose kicking was required in the rainy weather, but Tindall was reinstated in the final, in which England was victorious.

Tindall missed the 2005 Six Nations with afoot injury and subsequently failed to regain his fitness for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. Described by England's former head coach, Andy Robinson as the 'heartbeat' of the side, Tindall was gradually finding his way back to form following a lengthy absence from the game during 2005.

Tindall's contract was up for renewal, but Bath had a strict salary cap policy, and afterfalling out with Bath owner Andrew Brownsword over the offer of an early testimonial game and further concerns over his long term fitness, Tindall ended his eight-year association with Bath and joined their West Country rivals Gloucester Rugby on a three-year deal worth £150,000.[6]

[edit] Gloucester Rugby

After returning from injury in the autumn of 2005, Tindall regained his England placebut this time at number 12. However at club level he continued to play at 13 with the 12 shirt going to Henry Paul. The partnership was heavily criticised as being flat and boring and Tindall spent much of the season showing a poor run of form despite selection week in, week out. It wasn't until an incident at Tindall's girlfriend's birthday party that Henry Paul broke club rules and fell out of...