Christian Day
Christian Day, is a retired rugby union player who played for Northampton Saints.
Date of birth (1983-06-24) 24 June 1983
Place of birthBlackpool, Lancashire, England
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb) [1]
ChildrenEmily and Anna Day
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Northampton Saints
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–07
2007–08
2008–2018		 Sale Sharks
Stade Français
Northampton Saints		 99
2
226		 (5)
(0)
(80)
Correct as of 3 April 2018
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
  England Saxons

Christian Day (born 24 June 1983) is a retired rugby union player who last played for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership. His position of choice was lock.

Rugby

Day played for Sale, and also had a short spell at French giants Stade Français. In the 2005–2006 season, Day played as a replacement in the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[2]

Joining Northampton Saints in 2008, Day went on to rack up 232 appearances for the Midlands side. In that time, Day helped Saints to lift the Aviva Premiership , European Rugby Challenge Cup twice and the Premiership Cup.[3][4]

In January 2015 he was called up to the senior England squad by Stuart Lancaster, but was ultimately never capped at that level.[5]

Holding the post of the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association since 2014, Day was named Players' Player of the Season in that double-winning season by his Saints peers.[6] Day stepped down from his position as the Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association in November 2017, handing the role to Harlequins prop Mark Lambert. Day assumed the Vice-President role for the 2017/18 season.[7]

Most recently Day was amongst the squad that helped Saints' second team the Northampton Wanderers clinch the 2016/17 Aviva 'A' League trophy, though was not in the side for the final against Gloucester United.[8]

On 19 April 2018 Day announced that he would be retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 17/18 season. His professional career spanned 17 years, the bulk of which he spent with Northampton Saints.[9] Christian will go on to take a full-time role at the RPA as their player liaison officer.[10]

In January 2023, Day was elected General Secretary of the RPA, following an election.[11]

Personal

In March 2020, Day appeared on the general public edition of BBC TV cookery competition MasterChef, progressing to the final 7 before being eliminated after making a vital error in the eyes of the judges twice.

He has two children, Anna and Emily.

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Northampton Saints". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Premiership final: Saracens 20-24 Northampton Saints". BBC Sport. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amlin Challenge Cup final: Bath 16-30 Northampton". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Tom Croft and Christian Day get England Six Nations call-up". BBC Sport. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Christian Day". www.northamptonsaints.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Day steps down as RPA Chairman".
  8. ↑ "WANDERERS 36 GLOUCESTER 15 The Wandies clinch the Aviva 'A' League title". www.northamptonsaints.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Saints stalwart Christian decides to call it a Day".
  10. ↑ "Christian Day to join Rugby Players' Association".
  11. ↑ "Christian Day Elected General Secretary of the RPA". The RPA. The RPA.
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