Hallam Players: Hall of Fame
(A Work in Progress)
Chris Jones Christopher Michael Jones born 24 June 1980 in Manchester. A product of Stockport Grammar School and Sheffield Hallam University, he played for Cheshire at U18 and U20 level, then briefly with Fylde before joining Sale Sharks senior side. Chris made a startling rise to the England Sevens squad, and was nominated for the 2003 PRA Young Player of the Year Award. He was part of the England A team that beat France A, Scotland A and Italy A in their 2003 RBS 6 Nations, and also went on the unbeaten England tour to North America and Japan that year. He played for England in the uncapped match against the Barbarians at Twickenham in May 2003. The year 2004 marked another leap forward. He was called up to the senior team by then head coach Clive Woodward from the start of the RBS 6 Nations. He came off the bench against Italy for his debut cap and promptly scored a try. This earned him a starting position against Scotland as flanker and again against Wales from where he continued to impress. He made the 2004 Summer tour, starting against the All Blacks in Dunedin in the first Test. An all rounder as a schoolboy, enjoying cricket, his rugby career blossomed when he moved up into the senior school of Stockport Grammar and came under the influence of coach Chris Wright. He went on to take a Business Studies course at Sheffield Hallam University and was three years into it when Sale Sharks invited him to join them.
Chris Jones Dave Strettle Tom Eaton Dan Naylor David Barnes Lee Blackett Sean Lamont
Dave Strettle Dave Strettle played his first major sevens Tournament when selected to participate in the Amsterdam 7s. He broke the World Sevens Series record when making his debut for the England Sevens team at the Wellington 7s. Strettle had also been selected for the Great Britain 7s squad that took part in the World games in Germany. Stretts added to his man of the tournament trophy at Amsterdam by scoring 5 tries in 7 first half minutes against PNG in Wellington. Stretts went on to be England's front line Winger the following weekend as England won the Los Angeles 7s event beating Fiji 38 - 5 in the final.
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