James Wilson rugby player
James Wilson rugby player

James Wilson

7th Jul 1983 1.96m/93kg Fly Half

Born in Invercargill, New Zealand, Wilson plies his trade primarily as a fullback but can also comfortably feature in the flyhalf berth.

His professional career began in 2003 with Southland in New Zealand's domestic competition. He first played for the side in 2003 and that same year he made his debut in Super Rugby for the Brumbies for whom he played eight games.

He had 18 appearances for the Highlanders in 2007-08 and one game for the Chiefs in 2009 before spending three seasons with Bourgoin in France.

In the summer of 2012, Northampton Saints signed Wilson from Bourgoin.

Northampton Saints confirmed that Wilson will be leaving the club at the end of the 2016/17 campaign. He made 95 appearances during a five-year spell with Northampton Saints, which coincided with the Club winning its first Aviva Premiership title in 2013-14.

In October 2017, Wilson signed a three-month contract with Bath.

Wilson impressed at during his time at Bath and in December Bath confirmed he would stay with the club for the remainder of the season.

He made 13 appearances for Bath before returning to Southland before the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup. In November 2018, Wilson re-signed with Bath Rugby until the end of the season.

The versatile back made 26 appearances for the Club before the club confirmed that he would leave at the end of the 2018/19 season to join Top League side Sagamihara DynaBoars.

Wilson has played over 250 games throughout the world which included 75 for Southland between 2003 at 2018. In 2011 he landed a drop goal to win Southland the Ranfurly Shield.

July 2021 saw him being appointed as assistant attack coach of Southland Stags for the 2021 NPC competition.

(LS July 1, 2021)

Career

RUGBYSOUTHLAND Southland
Coach
2023 - present
highlanders Highlanders
Fullback
2007 - 2008
chiefs Chiefs
Fullback
2009 - 2009
bourgoin_300 Bourgoin
Fullback
2009 - 2012
nh-saints Northampton Saints
Fullback
2012 - 2017
Bedford Blues Banner Bedford Blues
Fullback
2017 - 2017
bath Bath Rugby
Fullback
2017 - 2018
image Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
Fly Half
2020 - 2022