ru_clubcaps ru_proclubs ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam ru_nationalpoints image ru_position school name ru_currentteam birth_place height ru_clubpoints ru_amateurclubs ru_clubyears weight article_title birth_name
209 86 saracens harlequins 10 22 september 1972 1997-98 1997 loughborough university eng british & irish lions -lrb- 5 -rrb- tony diprose.jpg number eight the campion school tony diprose retired orsett , essex , england 1.96 m ftin on -lrb- 190 -rrb- -lrb- 30 -rrb- loughborough students 1992-2001 2001 -- 2006 112 kg stlb on tony diprose
 tony diprose
tony diprose

tony diprose -lrb- born 22 september 1972 , orsett -rrb- is a former english rugby union footballer .
he played at number 8 .
diprose attended the campion school , hornchurch .
in 1995/96 , diprose captained england a to an unbeaten season , just 12 months after being voted the rfu young player of the year .
diprose has won ten full caps for england and has a reputation of being one of the most talented footballing forwards of his generation .
he won his first cap against argentina in 1997 .
in 1998 , diprose captained england against after matt dawson was forced to withdraw through injury .
diprose signed for harlequins from saracens in april 2001 and made his début in the pre-season friendly against bedford at goldington road four months later -lrb- 18 august 2001 -rrb- .
diprose scored his first try for quins in the heineken cup match away to munster -lrb- 5 january 2002 -rrb- and for his efforts over the 2002/03 campaign , he was named ` supporters player of the season . '
diprose retired at the end of the 2005/06 season and joined the coaching staff at harlequins as the academy manager .
