Christian Wade

Christian Wade

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Date of birth	May 15, 1991 (1991-05-15) (age 20)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb) [1]

Christian Wade (born 15 May 1991) is an English rugby union footballer product of The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. He plays as a wing. He plays for England's rugby sevens team. He weighs 81 kg.

Wade attended Hamilton Primary School in High Wycombe. He started playing rugby at the age of 12 at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. The school has produced other rugby players such as Matt Dawson, Tom Rees and James Honeyben. He has represented England U16 A, England U18 and England U20. He also represented London Wasps at the Middlesex Sevens as a schoolboy. A former district and English Schools athlete, Wade ran a time of 11.00 seconds over 100m distance at the age of 17. He was trained by the former English sprinter Julian Golding.

He is currently completing his final year at the London Wasps Academy and will join the senior squad at the start of the 2011/12 season on a three-year contract. He has also made appearances for the London Wasps A team. He is in his first year studying Sport Science and Psychology at St Mary’s University College in Twickenham.

He made his international sevens debut at the IRB Sevens World Series in Dubai in December 2009 and he scored 7 tries in George a week later, finishing joint top try scorer with Fijian wizard, William Ryder. He added 2 more in Wellington and 3 more tries in Las Vegas a week later. He scored 3 in London. Overall, he amassed 22 tries in 7 tournaments in the 2009–10 Series, which made him the 15th highest individual try scorer. Wade was selected for the 17-man initial England rugby sevens training squad for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

He was part of the England U20 side at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina, which finished 4th overall, losing to South Africa in the 3rd–4th place play-offs. He scored one try against Argentina in the tournament, which was won by 2009 winners New Zealand.

References

1. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - London Wasps". web page. Premier Rugby. http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/london_wasps.php?section=1. Retrieved 17 September 2011. 

External links

• Profile @IRB.com
• Profile @RFU.com

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Name	Wade, Christian
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Date of birth	15 May 1991
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