Gareth Steenson
Gareth Steenson is an Irish rugby union player for English Premiership side Exeter Chiefs. He plays as a fly-half.Career
Steenson played a massive part in the final leg of the 2009–10 Championship final against Bristol, scoring 24 points and helping Exeter Chiefs win 29–10. Steenson burst into the scene in England at his previous club, Cornish Pirates, scoring 264 points in his first season.
Steenson narrowly missed out on the golden boot by one point to Premiership rival Freddie Burns at the 2012–13 Premiership awards.
He won the golden boot in the 2016 Premiership awards. Steenson also helped Exeter Chiefs reach the 2016 Premiership Rugby final. The following year he started the final and scored two conversions and three penalties, including the winning points, as Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership.
Steenson will join Plymouth Albion's coaching team ahead of the 2019–20 season as an assistant coach, focusing on their attack. The role will see him remain an Exeter player however.
He will retire from playing at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season.International
Steenson has played for the Ireland under-19 team and the under-21 team.Honours
Exeter Chiefs
, Steenson is planning to open an Irish bar named The Stand-Off in the centre of Exeter with fellow rugby footballer Carl Rimmer.
