Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player
Jamie Ben Houston (born 5 August 1982) is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He most recently was coach of RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga.
He made his debut for Germany in a friendly versus Hong Kong on 12 December 2009. Houston, born in England, qualifies to play for Germany after having spent three years playing in the country for the SC 1880 Frankfurt.Houston played in the 2009 German championship final for SC 1880 Frankfurt, which the club won.
After a neck injury, Houston had to retire from the sport in 2010, pursuing his career as a fitness instructor instead, but remaining in Germany.After a season as coach of the reserve team of SC 1880 Frankfurt, he took over as head coach of RG Heidelberg for Rudolf Finsterer for the 2011–12 season. At the end of his first season with RGH he was replaced with the club's youth coach Bernd Schöpfel.
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1982 Invasion of Lebanon
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