Gareth Denman

{{short description|English rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

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| birth_name = Gareth Braxton Denman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

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| height = 1.80 m

| weight = {{convert|114|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}[http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/Rugby/Profiles/profile.aspx?TeamID=100969&PersonID=152732 Northampton Saints official website] Retrieved 30 May 2015.

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| years1 = 2011–2012

| years2 = 2012

| years3 = 2013–2017

| years4 = 2017–2019

| years5 = 2019–2020

| years6 = 2020–

| clubs1 = Yorkshire Carnegie

| clubs2 = Rotherham Titans

| clubs3 = Northampton Saints

| clubs4 = Gloucester

| clubs5 = Coventry

| clubs6 = Doncaster Knights

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Gareth Denman (born 12 November 1990) is an English rugby union player for Doncaster Knights in the RFU Championship.

A graduate of their academy, the prop began his rugby career at Leeds Carnegie making his debut for them in 2008 against Sale Sharks in the LV= Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://yorkshirecarnegie.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112202056/http://yorkshirecarnegie.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 January 2017|title=First Team - Yorkshire Carnegie | Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds|first=Go Media|last=Ltd|website=Yorkshire Carnegie}}

Denman stayed at Leeds for one season after their relegation to the RFU Championship in 2011 but moved to Rotherham Titans, also in the second-tier of English rugby, for the following campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12544/8755225/aviva-premiership-northampton-saints-sign-rotherham-titans-prop-gareth-denman|title=Aviva Premiership: Northampton Saints sign Rotherham Titans prop Gareth Denman|website=Sky Sports}}

Joining Saints in the Aviva Premiership in 2013, Denman has since made 66 appearances for the Midlands side.{{Cite web |url=http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/rugby/profiles/profile/Gareth-Denman |title=Gareth Denman - Northampton Saints |access-date=26 October 2016 |archive-date=8 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908182901/http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/rugby/profiles/profile/Gareth-Denman |url-status=dead }}

In that time he assisted in Saints' most successful period, featuring the season in which they lifted the Aviva Premiership and playing in the European Rugby Challenge Cup final that same season as the Northampton side completed the double.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/27489558|title=Bath 16-30 Northampton|work=BBC Sport}}

This season Denman aided Saints in their campaign for European Rugby Champions Cup rugby for next season as the Northampton side fell to Harlequins on the final day of the Premiership season and therefore entered the play-offs for the final spot in the European competition for that season. Denman featured in both play-offs as Saints defeated both Connacht Rugby (21–15) and Stade Français (23–22) to secure that final top-tier European place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/rugby/fixtures/senior|title=Saints Fixtures|website=Northampton Saints}}

It was announced earlier this season that Denman would link up with Gloucester Rugby at the conclusion of the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season after spending four seasons in Northampton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/news/|title=Latest News - The Official Home of Gloucester Rugby|website=Gloucester Rugby}}

On 9 April 2019, Denman will return to the RFU Championship with Coventry from the 2019–20 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.coventryrugby.co.uk/2019/04/09/experienced-premiership-prop-gareth-denman-joins-coventry-rugby/|publisher=Coventry Rugby|title=Experienced Premiership prop Gareth Denman joins Coventry Rugby|date=9 April 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}} After his release from Coventry, Denman signed for Championship rivals Doncaster Knights from the 2020–21 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.drfc.co.uk/yorkshireman-denman-signs-from-cov/|publisher=DRFC|title=Yorkshireman Denman signs from Coventry|date=21 July 2020|access-date=1 September 2020}}