Brett Sturgess

{{Short description|English rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Brett Stugress

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kettering, England

| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|113|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/exeter_chiefs.php?section=1 |title=Aviva Premiership Rugby – Exeter Chiefs |work=web page |publisher=Premier Rugby |accessdate=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206111700/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/exeter_chiefs.php?section=1 |archivedate=6 February 2012 }}

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| ru_currentteam = Exeter Chiefs

| ru_position = Prop

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| ru_amateurclubs = Kettering Rugby Club

| ru_clubyears = 2003–2006
2006–2007
2007–2016

| ru_proclubs = {{nowrap|Northampton Saints
Connacht
Exeter Chiefs}}

| ru_clubcaps = 45
16
160

| ru_clubpoints = (10)
(0)
(50)

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Brett Sturgess was born 16 November 1981 in Kettering, England,{{cite news| url=http://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/players-staff?pl=62| work=Exeter Chiefs Official Website| title=Brett Sturgess Player Profile| access-date=9 April 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930104918/http://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/players-staff?pl=62| archive-date=30 September 2011| url-status=dead}} Sturgess is a rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership whose position of choice is Prop. Sturgess has previously played for Irish side Connacht Rugby and English side Northampton Saints.{{cite web|title=Saint Sturgess signs for Connacht|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/connacht/5311906.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 September 2006}} Sturgess joined Exeter in 2007 from Connacht{{cite web|title=Chiefs sign Dunlea from Scarlets|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/llanelli_scarlets/6720469.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 June 2007}} and has become a regular feature in the Exeter squad. Sturgess left the Chiefs at the end of the 2015–16 season.{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/35766833 | publisher=BBC Sport | title=Brett Sturgess: Exeter Chiefs prop to retire at end of season | date=10 March 2016 | accessdate=27 September 2016}}