Henry Slade (rugby union)

Henry James Harvey Slade (born 19 March 1993) is an English rugby union player, who plays for the England rugby team.

Henry Slade
Slade at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship
Birth nameHenry James Harvey Slade
Date of birth (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993
Place of birthPlymouth, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb; 212 lb)
SchoolPlymouth College
UniversityUniversity of Exeter
Occupation(s)Professional rugby union player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Fly-half, Full-back
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2012
2011–		 Plymouth Albion
Exeter Chiefs		 11
145		 (21)
(479)
Correct as of 3 September 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2013
2014–
2015–		 England U20
England Saxons
England		 13
2
26		 (144)
(13)
(25)
Correct as of 28 November 2019

Education

Slade attended Plymouth College and then University of Exeter reading for a BSc in Sports & Exercise Science.[1][2] While at Plymouth College, Slade was part of the 1st XV that enjoyed numerous battles with Devon rivals Exeter School - notably a hard fought 19-12 defeat in Exeter in a game which doubled as a Daily Mail Cup fixture and Devon Cup final. Slade scored all his side's points in this fixture, kicking four penalties.[3]

Playing career

Club rugby

Slade plays for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership. He was dual-registered to Exeter Chiefs and Plymouth Albion in the 2011/2012 season. He has also represented England at U18 and U20 level, Henry made his debut in for the Under 18s on 22 July 2010.[4] England Academy coach John Fletcher once said of Slade "the way he plays reminds me of a young Toby Flood or Rory Clegg."[5]

Slade made his Premiership debut against London Irish on 13 April 2013 coming off the bench to replace Gareth Steenson, Slade scored his first premiership points in this game kicking over a conversion following a try from Dave Ewers.[6] He was a replacement as Exeter Chiefs defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership.[7]

International career

Slade made his debut for England in a match against the Barbarians on 1 June 2014, kicking 15 points and putting in an impressive performance though it was an uncapped game. Slade won his first cap for England on 15 August 2015 at Twickenham against France in a World Cup warm up match. He started at outside centre partnering Sam Burgess in the midfield. It was a game England won 19-14.[8] Slade was then named in Stuart Lancaster's 31 man squad for the world cup. Slade then won his second England cap again at outside centre against Uruguay in the pool game, scoring a try.

Slade suffered a nasty broken leg [9] for Exeter Chiefs in the 2015/16 season ruling him out for the six nations under new coach Eddie Jones. Despite this Slade recovered from his injury to earn a further 2 caps from the bench against Fiji and Argentina in the 2016 autumn internationals as well as a bench appearance vs Italy in the six nations. In 2017 Slade started both tests against Argentina on the summer tour in the absence of Lions Ben Teo, Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph.

He also started his 5th game and 3rd against Argentina in the 2017 autumn internationals in the inside centre position. He then featured from the bench against Australia, and started against Samoa.

In early 2018 he was named in Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad for 2018.

Slade was selected for England's 2018 Quilter Autumn International Series, and played in all four Test matches.[10]

International Appearances
Nation Played Won Lost Drawn Points Scored WIN %
Argentina 4 4 0 0 0 100
Italy 1 1 0 0 0 100
Fiji 1 1 0 0 0 100
Uruguay 1 1 0 0 5 100
France 1 1 0 0 0 100
Samoa 1 1 0 0 5 100
Australia 1 1 0 0 0 100
South Africa 4 2 2 0 0 50
Ireland 2 2 0 0 10 100

International tries
As of 7 July 2019 [11]
TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1 UruguayManchester, EnglandCity of Manchester Stadium2015 Rugby World Cup10 October 2015Win60 – 3
2 SamoaLondon, EnglandTwickenham Stadium2017 Autumn Internationals15 November 2017Win48 – 14
3  Ireland Dublin, Ireland Aviva Stadium 2019 Six Nations 2 February 2019 Win 32 – 20
4
5 FranceLondon, EnglandTwickenham Stadium2019 Six Nations10 February 2019Win44 – 8

Personal

Slade has Type 1 diabetes,[12] and often injects insulin at half-time in a game.[13]

Slade is the great nephew of former Portsmouth F.C. footballer Geoff Williamson.[5]

In March 2020, Slade and his partner, Megan Browse, announced that they were expecting their first child. On 14th August 2020, Browse gave birth to a daughter, Olive Margot Slade.

References
  1. "Plymouth rugby star Henry Slade keen to repay England". thisisplymouth.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. "Henry Slade - Official RFU England Player Profile". RFU. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. "Daily Mail/RBS U18 Cup". Daily Mail Online. Daily Mail. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. "Chiefs academy member Henry Slade scores on England debut". thisisexeter. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  5. "Future Faces - Henry Slade and Tom Brown". Rugbyworld. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "ESPN SCRUM - Exeter Chiefs v London Irish at Exeter". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. "Premiership final: Wasps 20-23 Exeter Chiefs (aet)". BBC. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/match/248675.html
  9. http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/19081/10092451/exeter-centre-henry-slade-has-surgery-on-leg-injury
  10. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/england-squad-announcement-live-eddie-jones-danny-cipriani-alex-goode-dave-attwodd-a8589531.html
  11. "Henry Slade". 7 July 2019.
  12. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/celebrities/henry-slade.html
  13. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/903021/Exeter-centre-Henry-Slade-lifts-lid-coping-with-diabetes-professional-rugby
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