David Pears (born (1967-12-06) 6 December 1967 (age 57)) is a former English rugby union player, who played for Harlequins and England.
At the age of fifteen he naturally came to Aspatria, after captaining an array of county school sides at both codes of Rugby and Soccer.
[1] He made his senior debut in the 1985-1986 season when he helped Aspatria win the Cumberland Rugby Union Challenge Cup on two occasions.
Although the Wasps fielded a side littered with internationals with Rob Andrews and Nigel Melville the opposition half-backs it was David Pears and his colleague George Doggart who earned the praise.
He made an outstanding contribution to the rejuvenation of the county side; he played magnificently against Wasps and other Pilkington Cup opposition and was instrumental in assisting Aspatria secure a position in the Courage North Division 2 League.
[4] After spending a season with Sale, Pears moved further south to join Twickenham based club Harlequins, where he spent most of the 1990s.
His junior international career was also gaining strength, with games against the United States of America, Roumania, Ireland, Italy, Fiji, France and Russia.
Geoff Cooke tried to persuade him to go full-time at Worcester but he turned the offer down and played his final three years at his wife’s home based team at Wharfedale.