Peter Short

Peter Short (born 20 June 1979 in Liverpool, England) was a rugby union footballer who played as a lock forward predominantly for Bath in the Aviva Premiership. He began playing rugby at Adams' Grammar School, in Shropshire, captaining the team from the no. 8 position. He went on to attend UWIC, before moving to Loughborough University. Short began his professional career with Moseley, before moving to top English side Leicester Tigers. There, he mostly played in the back row at blindside flanker. He spent four years at Leicester Tigers as part of the squad that were Premiership Champions from 1999-02 and back to back Heineken Cup winners 2001 & 2002, making 49 first XV appearances, before he moved to RC Narbonne of France and then to Bath. Bath went on to win the European Challenge Cup in the 2007-08 season. He has converted from no. 8 to flanker to lock,