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Horwill was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and educated at Brisbane Boys College.
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James Horwill
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He captained the Wallabies a number of times, including during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He now plays in London for Harlequin Football Club. Before September 2015 he played he played for Queensland Reds. He plays in the Second Row.
Club career
= Queensland Reds Horwill captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super Rugby competition, his sixth season played at that level
Overall, Horwill played more than 129 times for the Queensland Reds, including 116 Super Rugby caps for the Reds.
When his departure was announced the Queensland Rugby Chief Executive Officer Jim Carmichael described him as "one of the great modern-day sporting treasures of Queensland."
= Harlequins On 17 December 2014, it was announced that Horwill had signed a three-year contract with English Premiership side Harlequins. He made his competitive debut in Quins" season opener against Wasps Football Club on 16 October 2015 and immediately established himself as a first choice in the team
He scored his debut points with a try in the match against Saracens F.C. on January 9, 2016. He has also captained the side in the absence of Quins" England players.
International career
Horwill proved to be the find of the 2006 season, forcing his way into the starting line up and earning a place in the Wallabies spring tour, playing for Australia A in all three of the matches.
In 2007 Horwill made his debut for the Wallabies in a test match against Fiji playing the entire game, and was unlucky to not have been included in the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. In August 2011, Robbie Deans named James Horwill as captain for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He debuted as captain in the deciding match of the 2011 Tri Nations series on 27 August 2011 and led the Wallabies to a series victory.
Horwill was captain of the Wallabies for the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia in 2013.
Controversially, after an appeal by the Institutional Review Board, Horwill was cleared of allegedly stamping on Alun-Wyn Jones face during the first test. He played his final game for the Wallabies in The Rugby Championship game against the All Blacks in Auckland on August 15.
A match that the Wallabies lost 41 - 13. On 21 August 2015, Australian coach Michael Cheika decided to leave Horwill out of his 31 man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, a move which surprised some observers.
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