Mike Tindall Bio

Mike Tindall was a giant of English rugby for more than a decade. Today, many people think he was one of the finest players to ever put on an England shirt. Now an MBE, he’s a player who has won almost every trophy the game has to offer.

Born 18 October 1978, Mike Tindall began playing rugby at a young age while his father was captain of Otley Rugby Union Football Club. Straight from school, he joined Bath. Over the next eight years, he made more than 100 appearances for the club, where he won the Heineken Champions Cup and finished as a runner-up in the Premiership on several occasions. 

However, when his contract came up for renewal in 2005, Mike Tindall encountered difficulties with Bath’s strict salary cap policy. As a result, he chose to sign for Gloucester, where he remained until his retirement in 2014. During this period, he played almost 200 times for the club and won the English Premiership, the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup.