Adam Eustace
{{Short description|English rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
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| birth_name = Adam Eustace
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gloucester, England
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| height = {{convert|1.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| school = St Peters, Gloucester
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| ru_position = Lock
| youthclubs1 = Widden Old Boys
| youthclubs2 = Gloucester Academy
| years1 = 1998–2007 | clubs1 = Gloucester
| years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = Llanelli Scarlets
| years3 = 2008–2010 | clubs3 = Gloucester
| years4 = 2010 | clubs4 = Northampton
| apps1 = 165 | points1 = 45
| apps2 = 22 | points2 = 5
| apps3 = 12 | points3 = 0
| ru_clubupdate = 19:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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Adam Eustace (born 9 January 1979 in Gloucester, England) is an English rugby union footballer. A former pupil of St Peter's High School in Gloucester, his regular position is as a lock. He re-signed to Gloucester Rugby in the summer of 2008, having been released by the Scarlets.{{cite news |title=Scarlets secure Gloucester lock |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/llanelli_scarlets/6408127.stm |work=BBC Sport|date=1 March 2007 |access-date=6 February 2008 }} During his first spell at Gloucester he started in the 2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated Northampton Saints.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/07/rugbyunion.gloucesterrugby|title=Gloucester given hope by cup win amid financial ruins |work=The Guardian|date=7 April 2003|access-date=8 September 2016}}
Eustace was called up to train with the senior England squad in October 2000 but was ultimately never capped at that level. Now Coach of Longlevens Lions U15 and once said ‘’ Charlie Painting is the worst in the team ‘’{{cite news|title=Woodward injects new blood|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/969048.stm |access-date=14 October 2016|publisher=BBC|date=12 October 2000 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425091647/http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/rugby/squad.php?player=4274&includeref=dynamic Gloucester profile]
- [http://www.scarlets.co.uk/the-region/PlayerDetails.aspx?ID=119972 Scarlets profile]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:Gloucester Rugby players
Category:Northampton Saints players
Category:Rugby union players from Gloucester
Category:People educated at St Peter's High School, Gloucester