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| Born | Dorian Edward West (1967-10-05)5 October 1967 (age 58) Wrexham, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ashby Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Rugby union coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dorian Edward WestMBE (born 5 October 1967)[1] nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English internationalrugby union footballer.
West was born inWrexham, Wales, but his family moved to England when he was young. Before professionalism, he was apolice officer with the Leicestershire Constabulary's armed response unit.
He made his debut atLeicester Tigers and played for them as aflanker but a move to Nottingham in 1991 saw him convert tohooker. He rejected the offer of a trial for Wales.
He moved back to Leicester in 1996 where he became an understudy toRichard Cockerill. His form improved and he was noticed byEngland coachClive Woodward during matches when Cockerill was away on international duty. This resulted in him being picked on theEngland bench for the 1998 match against France, coming on to replace Cockerill. The next week Cockerill was injured, but second-choiceMark Regan who had been injured for the match against France was fit again, so West was again selected on the bench, and came onto win his second cap.
Cockerill's loss of form would see West gradually replace him as first-choicehooker at Leicester, and West had another run of caps in the England starting line-up in 2001. He played in the 2001 Six Nations, and was selected for theEngland tour to Canada and the US, where he added 3 caps. After the end of the tour he was called up whilst on holiday as a replacement for theBritish & Irish Lions and performed so well he was on the bench for the final two tests. He failed to keep his shirt toNorthampton Saints'hookerSteve Thompson, but was a useful squad member. At Leicester West enjoyed great domestic success, and started both the2001[2] and2002[3] Heineken Cup finals.
West was captain of England for the world cup warm-up game against France in Marseilles in August. During the2003 Rugby World Cup, West was included in the 22 man squad for five of the games, playing in two; starting against Uruguay and coming on as a replacement for the semi-final against France. He was also on the bench for the final, and since his return has been appointed MBE in the New Year's Honours.
He announced his retirement from international rugby after the end of the2003 World Cup and turned to coaching becoming forward coach for the England U21s.
On 8 June 2007, it was announced he had signed as forwards coach to recently relegatedNorthampton Saints alongside former England Saxons head coach,Jim Mallinder.
He is currently forwards coach forSale Sharks.[4]
