Jeremy Davidson (rugby union)

Jeremy Davidson

Birth name	Jeremy Davidson
Date of birth	(1974-04-28) 28 April 1974
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
School	Methodist College Belfast
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Castres (coach) Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Dungannon () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2001 2001–2003 Ulster London Irish Castres Ulster () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–2001 1997, 2001 Ireland British & Irish Lions 32 3 (0) (0) Coaching career Years Team 2007–2009 2009–2011 2011–2017 2017–2018 2018–2022 2023– Castres (assistant) Ulster Aurillac Union Bordeaux Bègles Brive Castres

Jeremy William Davidson (born 28 April 1974) is a rugby union coach and former player who played as a lock for Ulster, London Irish and Castres, and at international level for Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.

Playing career

Davidson played lock. He attended Methodist College Belfast.

He played club rugby for Dungannon, Ulster, London Irish and Castres Olympique.

At international level he represented Ireland with 32 caps. On the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa, he won 3 Test caps and was voted players' player of the tour.

Davidson captained Ulster and London Irish.

His playing career ended at age 27 after aggravating a long-running knee injury whilst fishing.

Coaching career

Following a spell as director of rugby at Dungannon RFC, Davidson moved on to coach Castres. In June 2009 he became part of the coaching team at Ulster. As of 2017 he was coaching French team Aurillac. He then coached Brive until 2022 with whom he won promotion to the top tier of French Rugby. Davidson has now reassumed the position of coach at Castres.

Personal life

Davidson and his wife Lisa have one daughter. He also has two sons from a previous relationship.

External links

• profile on lionsrugby.com
• Ireland profile