Rupert Harden is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership

Guinness Premiership

The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...

 for Gloucester Rugby. He plays as a prop.

Formerly part of the Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle Falcons

The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...

 Academy, tighthead Harden spent 2008–09 with National Division Two side Tynedale

Tynedale R.F.C.

Tynedale R.F.C. is a rugby union team that is situated in the North East of England and currently playing in National League 1. It was founded in 1876. Their first match was against Elswick at Hexham on 30 December 1876...

 where he had spent time on loan.

The 24-year-old Australian-born prop mixed his youth between London, Rugby School

Rugby School

Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...

 and Cumbria and represented England Counties.

He caught the eye of the Gloucester

Gloucester RFC

Gloucester Rugby are a professional English rugby union club situated in the west country city of Gloucester. The club plays in the domestic Aviva Premiership...

 coaching set up whilst playing against Cinderford

Cinderford R.F.C.

Cinderford R.F.C. is a rugby union club based in the county of Gloucestershire. The first team competes in National League One, the third tier of the English rugby union pyramid....

 and will be looking to further his rugby development at Kingsholm

Kingsholm Stadium

Kingsholm Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Gloucester, England, and is the home stadium of Gloucester Rugby. The stadium has a capacity of 16,500. It is sometimes nicknamed 'Castle Grim' after the estate where the stadium is built and also in reference to Gloucester's admirable home form...

. He is also registered to play with Moseley

Moseley Rugby Football Club

Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...