Sam Underhill

Samuel Gregory Underhill (born 22 July 1996) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Bath.

Born in the United States when his father served overseas in the Royal Air Force, he moved back to the UK aged 1 year old.

He was brought up in Peterborough and then moved to Gloucestershire where he played for Sir Thomas Rich’s School, Longlevens RFC and Gloucester Academy.

He represents England at international level.

At the age of just 17, Underhill made his debut for Gloucester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, before making his Premiership debut at the age of 18.

He was one of the stars of the semi-final victory over New Zealand, helping England to reach their first World Cup final since 2007.

Underhill captained England U18s during their successful 2014 FIRA tournament and played nine times during an unbeaten season, including scoring a try on debut in a player of the match performance against Scotland, captaining the team to a win in the FIRA tournament and a win against South Africa.

At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Underhill joined Welsh Pro12 team Ospreys.

He made his debut against Ulster and was man of the match in his first start for the team, against Munster.

On 11 January 2017, it was confirmed that Underhill would join English side Bath for the 2017–18 season.

Underhill was called up to the senior England squad by coach Eddie Jones for their 2017 summer tour of Argentina.

He made his senior debut in the final test of the tour as England defeated Argentina to win the series 2-0.

On 12 August 2019, Underhill was named in Eddie Jones' 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Underhill started in the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final as England were defeated by South Africa to finish runners up.

After the World Cup Underhill was a member of the squad that won the 2020 Six Nations Championship and later that year he started for the England side that defeated France in extra-time to win the Autumn Nations Cup.

In July 2021 he scored his first try at International level in a game against the United States.