Birth name | Rob Elloway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rinteln, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Gemma Elloway (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Oliver (2014), Freya (2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rob Elloway (born 9 November 1983) is a former German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German rugby team.
Born in Rinteln, Germany,[1] he has played rugby since 1990.[2] He was born on a British Army base in Germany to an English father and a German mother, thereby qualifying to play for Germany.[3][4]
Elloway, from a rugby playing family, his father Kevin Elloway, a Royal Engineers, represented his corps at rugby. He was educated at Sedbergh School and played junior rugby at Sedgley Park. Elloway made a number of appearances for Gloucester Rugby, spent some time at Pertemps Bees on loan in the 2006–07 season before joining the Cornish Pirates in 2007.[3]
He made his debut for Germany against Russia on 2 May 2009.[1]
Rob Elloway's personal statistics in club and international rugby (incomplete):[2][3][5]
Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
2007–08 | Cornish Pirates | National Division One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th |
2008–09 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th | ||
2009–10 | RFU Championship | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | |
2010–11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2nd — Runners-up | ||
2011–12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd — Runners-up | ||
2012–13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 2 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |