Jamie Mayer
| Born | Michael James MacKenzie Mayer 16 April 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael James MacKenzie Mayer (born 16 April 1977) is a former professional rugby union player who played centre at Bristol, Leeds and representing Scotland.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Jamie Mayer was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, George Watson's College and played for Scottish schools.[1] He studied at Napier University.
Club career
[edit | edit source]He established himself at centre for Edinburgh Reivers.[1] Mayer moved to Leeds from Bristol in 2001, he stayed for one season and scored six tries in the 12 games that he played. Mayer made his debut against Bath and scored his first try against Pontypridd. A strong runner and powerful defender he was hoping to establish himself and Leeds in the top flight and also regain his position in the Scottish international ranks. Mayer's first season ended unhappily with him sustaining a severe hamstring injury just as he was beginning to cement a starting spot in the team and running into some form and a few tries. He struggled with fitness and suffered with injuries leading him to give up professional rugby whereupon he returned to Watsonians to see out the remainder of his playing years.[2]
International career
[edit | edit source]Mayer won 8 caps between 1998 and 2000.
After rugby
[edit | edit source]After his rugby career had ended early due to injury, he worked as an investment management consultant in Edinburgh. He has 4 children. Twins Mollie and Max were born in 2004 and second set of twins Charlie and Jack were born in 2005.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Jamie Mayer on Sporting Heroes
- Jamie Mayer at ESPNscrum (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1977 births
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- Scottish rugby union players
- People educated at Merchiston Castle School
- People educated at George Watson's College
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University
- Scotland international rugby union players
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- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
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- Bristol Bears players
- Scottish rugby union biography, 1970s birth stubs