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His rugby career began playing , Hampshire. He featured in both the England U16 and U18 Group Schools teams before joining London Irish in 1996 .

He quickly made his first team debut against Leicester Tigers and represented England at U19, U21 and A level before joining Harlequins for the 1999 - 2000 season.

He was part of the England “Tour of Hell” in 1998 to Australia and New Zealand when he played against the New Zealand Maori . He came home before the final leg to South Africa.

He left two years later and spent a year in Italy playing for Benetton Treviso , then returned to join Bristol Shoguns . He moved again, to Wasps at the start of the 2003 - 04 season when Shoguns were relegated from the Zurich Premiership .

In 2004 when he was part of the winning England team at the Hong Kong Sevens . In summer 2005 , Pete moved to Gloucester to replace Andy Gomarsall . This decision reaped its reward when he was named in Andy Robinson's 2005 Autumn test squad, though he did not feature in any of the games.


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