James Pritchard (rugby union)

James Pritchard
Birth name	James Gordon Pritchard
Date of birth	21 July 1979
Place of birth	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
School	Red Bend Catholic College
Rugby league career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Fullback, Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1996–97	Parkes Spacemen
	Correct as of 31 May 2012
Senior career
Years	Team
1998	Parramatta Eels
	Correct as of 3 January 2009
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1999-2006	Randwick Rugby
2004	Australian Barbarians
2015	Barbarians (rugby)
Senior career
Years	Team
2001-2003	Bedford Blues
2004-2005	Plymouth Albion
2005	USA Perpignan
2006	Northampton Saints
2006-16	Bedford Blues
2016	Ampthill (loan)
2016	Coventry
2017	Old Albanian
2017-	Ampthill
	Correct as of 12 May 2018
International career
Years	Team
2003-2015	Canada
	Correct as of 28 May 2017
National sevens team(s)
Years	Team
2008-2015	Canada

James Gordon Pritchard (born 21 July 1979) is an Australian-Canadian professional rugby union and rugby league footballer, who currently plays his club rugby union for Ampthill in National League 1 following short spells with Old Albanian and Coventry (where he was player-coach). Pritchard is best known for his time with Bedford Blues, where he spent 12 seasons across two spells with the club, and he is the club's record points scorer with 2,883 points in all competitions, including 99 tries. He is also the RFU Championship all-time top points scorer with 2,673 points from 251 league and play-off games while playing for Bedford Blues and Plymouth Albion (a figure that includes 94 tries), as a fullback, wing or centre. Pritchard has played internationally for Canada, with whom he appeared in four Rugby World Cups, and is his countries all-time top points scorer with 607 points.

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