Jack Innard
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Jack Innard
| image =
| birth_name = Jack Oliver J. Innard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Truro, Cornwall, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|103|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| school = Truro and Penwith College
| university =
| position = Hooker
| currentclub = Exeter Chiefs
| years1 = 2013–
| clubs1 = Exeter Chiefs
| apps1 = 41
| points1 = 25
| years2 = 2014–2015
| clubs2 = → Launceston (loan)
| apps2 = 6
| points2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2017
| clubs3 = → Cornish Pirates (loan)
| apps3 = 39
| points3 = 20
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = → Plymouth Albion (loan)
| apps4 = 2
| points4 = 0
| repyears1 = 2015
| repteam1 = England U20s
| repcaps1 = 8
| reppoints1 = 0
| clubupdate = 17 July 2019
| repupdate = 17 July 2019
}}
Jack Innard (born 3 July 1995){{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/205251.html|title=Jack Innard ESPN Scrum profile|access-date=17 July 2019|work=ESPN}} is a professional rugby union player who plays hooker for Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs.
Club career
Innard plays as a hooker. He spent the early part of his career on dual-registration with Cornish Pirates and Exeter Chiefs.{{cite web|url=https://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/players/jack-innard|website=exeterchiefs.co.uk|title=Exeter Chiefs Player List|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37032119|website=BBC Sport|access-date=21 January 2025|title=Cornish Pirates: Exeter Chiefs have seven players sign with the Championship side|date=10 August 2016}} He also played for Plymouth Albion at the start of the 2017-18 season.{{cite web|url= https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/other-sport/stunning-second-half-display-isnt-388012.amp|website=Plymouth Herald|accessdate=16 April 2025|title= Stunning second half display isn't enough for Plymouth Albion as they lose 22-14 to Cornish Pirates|first=Rhod|last=Mitchell|date=27 August 2017}}
On 30 March 2018 he scored two tries in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup as Exeter beat Bath to lift the trophy.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/43582927|title=Anglo-Welsh Cup final: Bath 11-28 Exeter Chiefs|first=Adam|last=Williams|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 March 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/30/exeter-bath-anglo-welsh-cup-final-match-report|title=Jack Innard doubles up as Exeter beat Bath to reclaim Anglo-Welsh Cup | Sport|website=The Guardian|date=30 March 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/innard-double-ensures-exeter-regain-anglo-welsh-cup-65xcmhk2l|url-access=subscription|title=Innard double ensures Exeter regain Anglo-Welsh Cup|website=The Times|date=30 March 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}
A suspension for Jack Yeandle and an England call-up for Tom Cowan-Dickie gave him increased first team opportunities in March 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/latest-news/332946/jack-innard-chases-champions-cup-dream-after-star-turn-at-the-rec/amp/|website=The Rugby Paper|accessdate=16 April 2025|title= Jack Innard chases Euro dream after star turn at the Rec|date=17 March 2021}} He made his debut in the European Rugby Champions Cup on 15 January 2022 against Glasgow Warriors.{{cite web|url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/game-217818.html|website=Its Rugby|accessdate=16 April 2025|title=Exeter Chiefs 52-17 Halsgow Warriors|date=15 Jan 2022}}
Innard scored a try in the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby Cup final as Exeter defeated London Irish in extra time to win the competition.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65008083|title=Premiership Rugby Cup: London Irish 20-24 Exeter Chiefs (AET)|first=Brent|last=Pilnick|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 March 2023|access-date=21 January 2025}}
His appearances for Exeter during the 2024–25 season included a try-scoring appearance against Saracens in January 2025.
In March 2025, Gloucester Rugby director of rugby George Skivington and Exeter Chiefs director of Rugby Rob Baxter were both reported in the media as saying that Innard would join Gloucester from the 2025-26 season.{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=16 April 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c0egy5dvq3zo|date=20 March 2025|title= Innard will be "great addition" - Skivington }}
International career
Innard was a member of the England U20 side that won the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/england-take-advantage-of-ireland-errors-in-donnybrook-victory-1.2120735|title=England take advantage of Ireland errors in Donnybrook victory|first=Johnny|last=Watterson|website=Irish Times|date=27 February 2015|access-date=21 January 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/20/england-win-under-20-six-nations-title|title=England win Under-20 Six Nations title for fourth time in five years|first=Ian|last=Malin|website=The Guardian|date=20 March 2015|access-date=21 January 2025}} Later that year he was included in the squad for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and came off the bench in the final as England were defeated by New Zealand to finish runners up.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/33009620|website=BBC Sport|access-date=21 January 2025|title=2015 World U20 Championship: Wales U20 16-30 England U20|date=5 June 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/19/world-rugby-under-20-final-new-zealand-england|title=World Rugby Under-20 Championship final: New Zealand v England who's who|first1=Robert|last1=Kitson|first2=Ben|last2=Strang|website=The Guardian|date=19 June 2015|access-date=21 January 2025}}
Personal life
Innard was born in Truro, Cornwall.{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/jack-innard-quits-exeter-for-west-country-rivals/|website=Rugby Pass|access-date=11 March 2025|title= Jack Innard quits Exeter for West Country rivals|date=10 March 2025|first= Neil |last=Fissler}} He is eligible to play for Wales through ancestry{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Steffan |date=6 January 2025|title=The Welsh-qualified players in England now being monitored by Gatland |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/welsh-qualified-players-england-now-30718026 |access-date=17 January 2025|website=Wales Online |language=en}} and has been linked with a move to a Welsh region.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2025|title=Exeter Chiefs face crisis as duo in same position head to door |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/exeter-chiefs-face-positional-crisis-as-duo-head-to-the-door/ |access-date=17 January 2025|website=www.rugbypass.com |language=en}}
Honours
; Exeter
; England U20
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Exeter Chiefs squad}}
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:Cornish Pirates players
Category:Exeter Chiefs players
Category:Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
Category:Rugby union players from Truro
Category:People educated at Truro and Penwith College
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