Sam Underhill

Sam Underhill has one of those gloriously tangled modern sporting biographies that I find irresistible: born in Dayton, Ohio, yet a flanker for England. At 186 cm he is not the biggest man on the pitch, which makes his reputation for low, brutal, ball-stopping tackles all the more impressive, this is a player who earns his place through ferocity and timing rather than sheer size. The breakdown is thankless, punishing work, and the people who excel there are the unsung engines of any pack. I have a real fondness for these defensive grinders, and Underhill is a fine example.

Name (English)

Sam Underhill

Name (Japanese)

サム・アンダーヒル

Reading

さむ・あんだーひる

Born

July 22, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Origin

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Height

186 cm

Occupation

rugby union player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/samunderhill/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Underhill
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21623186

Tags

• Ohio
• rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.