D.O.B 9/11/83 Birthplace Rinteln, Germany (On a British Army base) Height 6' Weight 16st Position Hooker Previous clubs Gloucester Honours England 18 Group Germany Starts Rep Tries Cons Pens Drops Pts Season 2010/11 14 13 3 0 0 0 15 Season 2008/2009 16 4 2 0 0 0 10 Season 2007/2008 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
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A product of Sedgley Park (Manchester) Mini & Juniors, and Sedbergh School, Rob joined the Cornish Pirates from Gloucester in the summer of 2007.

With Mefin Davies and Olivier Azam providing opposition for the number two jersey at Kingsholm, his first team appearances had been limited. He had a loan spell at Pertemps Bees during the 2006-07 season, his move to the Cornish Pirates seen as a positive one for him to develop still further as a player.

Mark Hewitt, assistant coach at the Cornish Pirates at the time, and who worked with Rob during his spell at Gloucester, described Rob as “an exceptional young player who will be an exciting addition to our squad.”

Rob was born in Rinteln, Germany, on a British Army base. His dad, Kevin, was in the Royal Engineers, representing his corps at rugby, besides also being a good squash and badminton player. He also coached at Sedgley Park with Trevor Albinson and Bob Walters.

Introduced to the game of rugby by his father, Rob went to Sedbergh School, a prestigious educational establishment which has produced many fine rugby players over the years, including former England captain Will Carling, Will Greenwood and James Simpson-Daniel. Rob was there at the same time as James Hoyle, who now plays at Newcastle Falcons, and was in the same England 18 Group side as Tom Rees, Will Skinner, Luke Narraway, Mark Foster and Tom French.

Highlights to date for Rob include playing for Gloucester in a win under lights against Leicester, and playing a role in matches that led to Gloucester winning the European Challenge Cup in 2006.

His one try for the Cornish Pirates in 2007-08 was scored against Northampton Saints, whilst in the season 08/09, he was a deserved man-of-the-match on a couple of occasions, when he scored tries both home and away to Otley.

Rob maintains his rugby ambition to be successful, and to hopefully one day play for the club in the Premiership. In 2009 he made his senior international debut. playing for Germany in the European Nations Cup Division One competition.

In 2009-10 Rob took his games tally for the Pirates up to 79, having made 28 appearances during the season. Also, in the Championship, he crossed the line to score three tries.