Jonathan Pendlebury

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Jonathan Pendlebury

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Pendlebury
Date of birth	January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (age 25)
Place of birth	, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	17 st 5 lbs (110 kg)
Club information
Position(s)	Lock
Current club	Gloucester Rugby
Number	25
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2004 ‐	Rotherham Gloucester Rugby	23 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Jonathan Pendlebury (born 15 January 1983,) is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership for Gloucester Rugby. He plays as a lock.

Early Career Pendlebury had a very successful start to his Rugby career. Representing his country at U18s, U19s and U21s level. He enjoyed his time with the U21 squad, as he was selected for the U21 England squad to the FIRA World Cup. He then joined the ranks at Bath Academy before returning home to play for local side Rotherham Titans.

Contents 1 Success with Gloucester 2 Leeds Carnegie 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Success with Gloucester

Pendlebury arrived at Kingsholm in the 2004-05 season from Rotherham Titans and earned a full-time deal a year later. The second row who is most at home at number four, and a key performer in the line-out did particularly well in pre-season and played against Doncaster and Viadana.

He initially put pressure on Adam Eustace, and made his first team debut against Toulon in the European Challenge Cup in the season 2005-2006. His competitive nature shon through and he was key in Gloucester's success in the European Challenge Cup in 2006. Making 6 appearances in total in the competition and starting in the final against London Irish at the Stoop, England. This was the closest final to date with Gloucester edging out Irish 36 points to 34.

[edit] Leeds Carnegie

As of the beginning of the 2007-2008 campaign Pendlebury will join up with National League One side Leeds Carnegie. Hoping to gain promotion back into the Premiership, Pendlebury has signed a two-year contract at Headingly. The Lock who specialises in the Line-out will bring Leeds experience from the higher levels of English Rugby, and with many years to come, this proves a strong move for the promotion contenders.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gloucester Rugby profile

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