Peter Betham

Peter Betham

Full name	Peter Betham
Date of birth	(1989-01-06) 6 January 1989
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Full-Back / Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2015−	Leicester Tigers	6	(10)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012 2014	Tasman Sydney Stars	9 1	(25) (0)
correct as of 9 October 2012.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–09 2010 2011 2012–15	Brumbies Waratahs Rebels Waratahs	0 0 8 33	(0) (0) (5) (55)
correct as of 28 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2013–	Australia	2	(5)
correct as of 28 November 2015.

Peter Betham (born 6 January 1989) is a professional rugby union player. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership competition after signing in April 2015. He is also a representative player for Australia in international rugby matches. His usual position is wing or fullback.

Family and early career

Betham was born in Wellington, New Zealand to parents of Samoan heritage. His family moved to Australia and he was brought up in Sydney where he started playing rugby with the Coogee Randwick Wombats club at the age of 10. He played high school rugby for St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill located on Sydney's Lower North Shore. He became friends with St. Joseph's team mate Kurtley Beale and for two years the pair backed up with Kensington in the South Sydney junior rugby league competition. Having attended a public primary school, Peter represented Sydney East PSSA at the State Championships in 2001 at Kiama. His team mate Rob Horne and Peter went on to represent NSW PSSA that year.

Betham played for NSW Schools in the 2005 National U16 Championship. He subsequently played for the Australia A Schools team that went on to beat New Zealand. In 2006 Betham toured Fiji and New Zealand with the Australian Schoolboys team.

In 2007 he played rugby while studying American history at Sydney University, and was selected in the Australian U19 Rugby World Championship squad. He also became a holder of an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship, one of 26.

Rugby union career

Betham played for the Brumbies in the Super 14 competition, but injuries kept him off the field until mid 2009 when he rejoined Sydney University where he helped the club win the Sydney competition that year.

In 2010 he continued to play for Sydney Uni, and trained with the Waratahs' squad, as an "unsigned winger" and played in several Tahs' pre-season games.

In March 2010 Betham signed with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2011 Super Rugby season, with Rebels assistant coach Damian Hill describing him as "one of the most dynamic and athletic young backs" in Australian rugby.

He spent 2011 in Victoria before returning to NSW. In February 2012 Betham was named to play on the wing in the Tahs' pre-season match against Tonga.

In April 2015 Betham signed for Leicester Tigers. He will join them after the 2015 Super Rugby season finishes mid-2015.

External links

• Waratahs profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile