# Peter Winterbottom

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British Lions & England international rugby union player

Rugby player

Peter Winterbottom Born Peter James Winterbottom (1960-05-31) 31 May 1960 (age 66) Otley, West Yorkshire Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb) School Rossall School Rugby union career Position Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Headingley Hawkes Bay 1988–1993 Harlequins 1982-1990 Barbarians 8 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1982–1993 England 58 (13) 1983, 1993 British and Irish Lions 7

**Peter James Winterbottom** [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 31 May 1960 in [Otley](/source/Otley), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire)), is an English former [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) player who played as an openside [flanker](/source/Flanker_(rugby_union)). He was [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team)'s most-capped openside (with 58 [caps](/source/Caps_(sport))) until being overtaken by [Neil Back](/source/Neil_Back) in 2003. He made his England debut on 2 January 1982 against [Australia](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team), and his final appearance on 20 March 1993 against [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team).

Winterbottom was selected for two [British and Irish Lions](/source/British_and_Irish_Lions) tours in [1983](/source/1983_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand) and [1993](/source/1993_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand), both to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), where he impressed the locals with his fine play, albeit on losing sides. Overall, he played 19 games for the Lions including 7 tests and scored one try. He was the second England player to reach 50 caps, after [Rory Underwood](/source/Rory_Underwood), and was inducted onto the [Twickenham](/source/Twickenham_Stadium) "Wall of Fame" in November 2005.[1]

Winterbottom played club rugby for [Headingley](/source/Leeds_Carnegie), Harlequins and also played provincial rugby for [Hawkes Bay](/source/Hawkes_Bay) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and Transvaal in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)

## After rugby

Since his playing career ended, Winterbottom carved out a career in finance. He worked as a corporate bond broker for Tullett & Tokyo Ltd and BGC Partners alongside [Ben Clarke](/source/Ben_Clarke).[2]

Winterbottom served as Director of Rugby at [Esher RFC](/source/Esher_RFC) between 2019 and 2025.[3].

## Personal life

Winterbottom is the uncle of [James Leuzinger](/source/James_Leuzinger), who represented [Great Britain](/source/Team_GB) at the [2006 Winter Olympics](/source/2006_Winter_Olympics).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Winterbottom inducted onto Wall of Fame](http://www.rfu.com/microsites/museum/wofpage.aspx?section=47&wofpageid=83) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081121193630/http://www.rfu.com/microsites/museum/wofpage.aspx?section=47&wofpageid=83) 21 November 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The Professional Rugby Players' Association : Players head to Canary Wharf to learn more about City careers](http://www.prarugby.com/41_399.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [\[1\]](https://www.esherrugby.com/news/club-update)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["James Leuzinger"](https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/james-leuzinger/YDf8BygxSgvNIi10TLtJH). *[Team GB](/source/Team_GB)*. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

## External links

- [Sporting heroes 1](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5039) [2](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5040) [3](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5041) [4](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5042)

- [Lions profile](http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php?player=15363&includeref=dynamic)

v t e British Lions – 1983 New Zealand tour Forwards Bainbridge Beattie Boyle Butler Calder Colclough Deans Fitzgerald (c) Jeavons Jones Lenihan McLoughlin Milne Norster O'Driscoll Paxton Price Squire Stephens Winterbottom Backs Ackerman Baird Campbell Carleton Evans Hare Holmes Irwin Kiernan Laidlaw MacNeill Melville Ringland Rutherford Smith Woodward Coach Telfer

v t e England squad – 1987 Rugby World Cup Forwards Bainbridge Chilcott Dawe Dooley D. Egerton Hall Moore Pearce Probyn Redman Rees Rendall Richards Winterbottom Backs Andrew Bailey Clough Davies Harding Harrison (c) Hill Rose Salmon Simms R. Underwood Webb Williams Head coach: Green

v t e Four Home Unions XV – 1990 Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe Forwards B C Moore England M Griffiths Wales P J Ackford in bio England D F Cronin in teamsheet Scotland N P Francis Ireland J Jeffrey Scotland P J Winterbottom England N P Mannion Ireland J A Probyn England K S Milne Scotland D J Turnbull Scotland D M B Sole Scotland Backs S M Bates England A G Hastings Scotland A G Stanger Scotland W D C Carling England J C Guscott England R Underwood England C R Andrew England R J Hill England C H Chalmers Scotland Coach I R McGeechan Scotland

v t e England squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup runners-up Forwards Ackford Dooley Leonard Moore Olver Pearce Probyn Redman Rees Rendall Richards Skinner Teague Winterbottom Backs Andrew Carling (c) Guscott Halliday Heslop Hill Hodgkinson Oti R. Underwood Webb Head coach: Cooke

v t e British Lions – 1993 New Zealand tour Forwards Bayfield Burnell Clarke Cronin Dooley Galwey Johnson Leonard Milne Moore Popplewell Reed Richards Teague Webster Winterbottom Wright Backs Andrew Barnes Carling Clement Cunningham Evans Gibbs Guscott G. Hastings (c) S. Hastings Hunter Jones Morris Nicol R. Underwood T. Underwood Wallace Coach McGeechan & Best

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