Rob Elloway
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| Birth name | Rob Elloway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rinteln, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rob Elloway (born 9 November 1983) is a former German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German rugby team.
Born in Rinteln, Germany,[1] he has played rugby since 1990.[2] He was born on a British Army base in Germany to an English father and a German mother, thereby qualifying to play for Germany.[3][4]
Elloway, from a rugby playing family, his father Kevin Elloway, a Royal Engineers, represented his corps at rugby. He was educated at Sedbergh School and played junior rugby at Sedgley Park. Elloway made a number of appearances for Gloucester Rugby, spent some time at Pertemps Bees on loan in the 2006–07 season before joining the Cornish Pirates in 2007.[3]
He made his debut for Germany against Russia on 2 May 2009.[1]