Jason Marshall (rugby union)

Jason Marshall
Birth name	Jason Marshall
Date of birth	5 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	107.9 kg (238 lb)
School	Carson Graham Secondary
University	Simon Fraser University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Capilano RFC
–	James Bay AA
Senior career
Years	Team
2011-13	Aurillac
2013-14	La Rochelle
2015-	Agen
	Correct as of 26 August 2015
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
2014	Hawke's Bay
International career
Years	Team
2008-	Canada
	Correct as of 7 September 2015

Jason Marshall (born 5 February 1985) is a Canadian rugby union player. His position is tighthead prop, and he has played 27 tests for the Canada national team. Marshall currently plays for La Rochelle in the Rugby Pro D2. Marshall had previously played rugby in the British Columbia Premiership with Capilano RFC and James Bay Athletic Association, BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship, and Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne in the Rugby Pro D2.^[1]

Marshall originally had aspirations of becoming a professional football player as he played as a quarterback with Simon Fraser University and eventually tried out for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. After being cut from the Eskimos Marshall focused on rugby eventually making the Canada national senior team in 2008.^[2]

Marshall competed for Canada at the 2011 Rugby World Cup starting at tighthead prop in all four of Canada's pool matches.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Canadian prop Jason Marshall signs pro deal in France on back of Rugby World Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
^ Ovenell-Carter, Adam (September 2011). "Former Clan QB earning stripes at RWC". The Peak. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

External links

Jason Marshall at ESPNscrum
Jason Marshall at ItsRugby.co.uk

[1] "Canadian prop Jason Marshall signs pro deal in France on back of Rugby World Cup". Winnipeg Free Press. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[2] Ovenell-Carter, Adam (September 2011). "Former Clan QB earning stripes at RWC". The Peak. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

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