Sam Katz (rugby union)


Sam Katz is an English rugby union player, currently playing with Italian Top12 side Lyons Piacenza. His regular position is fly half.

Career

Sam signed for the Italian Top12 Rugby Club Rugby Lyons in July 2020.
Sam achieved 91% kicking accuracy in the Italian Top12 Accuracy Stats for 2019/20 Season
Newspaper Article on Sam's game, personality and winning on a drop goal in La Nuova Venezia
Sam was featured in the Rugby World Special Report - The Life of a Journeyman
Sam has said that one of his best moments in Rugby was to play in the King's Cup Final 2016 Copa del Rey de Rugby in April 2016 in a packed 26,500 seater stadium Estadio José Zorrilla in Valladolid, beating rivals Valladolid RAC 13-9 and to receive a winners' medal from King Felipe VI of Spain.
See Sam in an epic slow motion recap of the Copa del Rey as CR El Salvador beat VRAC Quesos Entrepinares 13-9
Sam is the host of The Rugby Abroad Podcast https://rugbyabroad.com/the-rugby-abroad-podcast/