Jack Cosgrove (rugby union)

{{Short description|English rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

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| birth_place = Coventry, England

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| school = Coundon Court School

| university = Hartpury College

| position = Prop

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| clubs1 = Worcester Warriors

| clubs2 = Doncaster Knights

| clubs3 = Edinburgh

| clubs4 = → London Scottish

| clubs5 = Bristol

| clubs6 = Worcester Warriors

| clubs7 = Dragons

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Jack Cosgrove (born 30 July 1994) is a retired Scottish rugby union player playing most recently for Dragons in the Pro14.

Born in Coventry, Cosgrove attended Coundon Court School – alma mater of Scotland international Jim Hamilton – then Hartpury College, before joining Worcester Warriors Academy in 2013.

In 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Edinburgh until May 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/edinburgh-rugby-sign-scotland-u20-ace-jack-cosgrove-1-3753326|publisher=Edinburgh Evening News|title=Edinburgh Rugby sign Scotland U20 ace Jack Cosgrove|date=24 April 2015|accessdate=24 April 2015}}

In March 2017, Cosgrove returned south with Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2017-18 Greene King IPA Championship season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39292710|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Bristol sign Edinburgh prop Jack Cosgrove|date=22 March 2017|accessdate=25 March 2017}}

In December 2018, Cosgrove left Bristol by mutual consent to return to Worcester Warriors.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/46444981|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Jack Cosgrove: Worcester Warriors re-sign Bristol Bears prop forward|date=4 December 2018|accessdate=4 December 2018}}

In June 2019, Cosgrove signed a two-year contract for Welsh region Dragons in the Pro14 from the 2019-20 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/48517639|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Jack Cosgrove: Prop joins Dragons from Worcester|date=4 June 2019|accessdate=28 August 2019}}

It was announced in December 2019, that Cosgrove had been forced to retire from professional rugby, aged 25, because of a serious eye injury sustained in training.{{cite web |title=Jack Cosgrove: Dragons prop forced to retire through injury |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50672214 |website=BBC Sport |accessdate=9 December 2019}}

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