David Flatman
Birth name | David Luke Flatman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ashford, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Maidstone Grammar School Dulwich College The Maplesden Noakes School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Luke Flatman (born 21 January 1980). Flatman is routinely referred to by his nickname Flats.
Career
Early life
Born in
Flatman toured Australia with England Schools in 1997 and the following year went to Argentina with England Colts. He represented London & South-West and England Under-21s against South Africa in the autumn of 1998.
Senior career
His senior club rugby began with Saracens in 1998. He won his first cap for England as a replacement against South Africa on 17 June 2000, England lost 18–13;[3] he also appeared in the tour matches against North-West Leopards and Gauteng Falcons.
He made a second tour with the
He moved to Bath in 2003.
Flatman announced his retirement from rugby in June 2012. In all he won eight England Caps [4]
Media career
Following the end of his playing career, he was Head of Communications at Bath Rugby for two years; he left this role in 2014.[5]
Flatman now works as a pundit for
References
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Bath Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "David Flatman". ESPN. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "South Africa (15) 18 - 13 (10) England (FT)". ESPN. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "David Flatman: Over and out". The Independent. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Beck, Neil (23 June 2014). "David Flatman leaves role as Bath Rugby communications director". Bath Chronicle. Local World. Retrieved 5 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The 20 best sport pundits on television right now". Daily Telegraph. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.