Geoff Appleford

Geoff Appleford

Birth name	Geoff Appleford
Date of birth	(1977-09-26) 26 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Dundee, South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6.3 ft)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
School	Maritzburg College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 - 2005 2005 - 2007 Natal Sharks Mpumalanga Pumas London Irish Northampton Saints 75 (45) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002  England 1 (0) National sevens team Years Team Comps  England

Geoff Appleford (born 26 September 1977 in Dundee, South Africa) is a retired rugby union footballer who played for London Irish at centre, then ended his career with Northampton Saints, although because of injury he never played a competitive game for the club. Geoff also played for England. He was educated at Maritzburg College.

A former Natal Shark and Mpumalanga Puma, Appleford joined London Irish in 2000. He made his England Sevens debut in 2001 and won his full England cap in 2002; qualifying through his grandparents. He was a member of London Irish’s Powergen Cup winning team of 2002, starting in the final and scoring two tries.^[1]

In the summer of 2005 Appleford joined Northampton Saints.

In January 2007 Appleford was forced to take early retirement after failing to recover fully from a shoulder injury.

Also, Appleford is possibly the only player to be signed whilst injured and retire having not played a game for them^{[citation needed]}.