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Chris Saverimutto

Chris Saverimutto

Rugby player

Christian Lingard Saverimutto (born 8 August 1971) is an English-born former rugby union international for Ireland.[1]

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Saverimutto was born and raised in Merseyside, England. His father is Sri Lankan and his maternal grandparents were from Dublin, Ireland.[2] He attended St Anselm's College, Birkenhead. At colts level, Saverimutto had featured in an England side, but ended up switching allegiances to Ireland on the basis on his ancestry.[3]

A Sale player, Saverimutto made his Test debut for Ireland in 1995 as a scrum-half against Fiji at Lansdowne Road, which was Ireland's first match in the fully-professional era.[4] In 1996, he played a Test against the United States in Atlanta, followed by the Fifth Nations fixture against Scotland, with a knee injury then curtailing his progress.[5]

Saverimutto is now a chartered surveyor.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Christian Returns To Where It All Began For Him". Wirral Globe. 25 July 2001.
  2. [2]
    "Link man with right connections". The Irish Times. 20 January 1996.
  3. [3]
    "Chris sets sights on Irish return". Irish Independent. 10 December 1998.
  4. [4]
    "'The money was new but we were still old-school' – Chris Saverimutto recalls 1995 Fiji test, the start of Irish rugby's pro era". Irish Independent. 11 November 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Saverimutto joins the Caldy clan". The Telegraph. 1 September 2000.
  6. [6]
    Neville, Conor (10 August 2016). "The Irish Team Who Played First Ever Professional Game - Where Are They Now?". Balls.ie.
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