Courtney Linford Lawes (born 23 February 1989) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Pro D2 club CA Brive and formerly for the England national team.

[7][8] The following season he began to establish a reputation as a tackler, notably in the final of the 2009 European Challenge Cup against Bourgoin where he dislocated the shoulder of Morgan Parra[5][9] and in the 2015 Six Nations Championship match against France with a tackle on Jules Plisson.

[22] In the summer of 2009 Lawes started for the England Under 20 team that finished runners up to New Zealand in the final of the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Tokyo.

[33][34] He came off the bench in all three tests as England completed a series whitewash on their 2016 tour of Australia[35] and later that year scored his first international try on his fiftieth cap against South Africa.

[36][37] The following year saw Lawes start in the last match of the 2017 Six Nations Championship which England lost away to Ireland ensuring they failed to complete consecutive grand slams and also brought an end to a record equalling eighteen successive Test victories.

[39] He started all three knockout games against Australia in the quarter-final,[40] victory over New Zealand in the semi-final[41] and defeat to South Africa in the final as England finished runners up.

[1] On 19 April 2017, it was announced that Lawes would be heading to New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions for their summer tour, with his Saints teammate George North.