Steven Vile

Steven Vile

Full name	Steven Jeremy Vile
Date of birth	(1970-07-16) 16 July 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Waratah, NSW, Australia
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–97 Bristol Bears ? (?) 1997–99 West Hartlepool ? (478) 1999–01 Bristol Bears 14 (158) 2001–02 Worcester ? (?) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1993 King Country 3 (9) 1995 Auckland 5 (46)

Steven Jeremy Vile (born 16 July 1970) is an Australian-born New Zealand former professional rugby union player.^[1]

Born in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah, Vile was educated in Auckland, where he attended Kelston Boys' High School.^[2]

Vile was a New Zealand Schools representative player, making appearances for King Country and Auckland, before continuing his career in England. A goal-kicking fly-half, Vile was the top points scorer for West Hartlepool in both their 1997–98 and 1998–99 league campaigns, then in 1999 moved on to Bristol, newly promoted to the Premiership.^[3] He joined Worcester in 2001, as back-up to Craig Chalmers and Tony Yapp.^[4]

References

1. Llewellyn, David (23 September 2000). "Vile ending for toothless Tigers". The Independent.
2. "NZ juniors too strong for ACT". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1988. p. 27 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Aussie fly-half set for Sixways". Worcester News. 22 October 2001.
4. "Vile is suited by fast track". Worcester News. 10 November 2001.

External links

• Steven Vile at ESPNscrum