Harry Ellis
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Birth name | Harry Alistair Ellis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wigston, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 8 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Leicester Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | De Montfort University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Alistair Ellis (born 17 May 1982) is an English former
.In July 2010, Ellis announced his retirement from the game as a result of a persistent knee injury.
Club career
Ellis first played rugby union as a 6-year-old with the South Leicester club. He studied at Bushloe High School and later Leicester Grammar School, where he represented Leicester Schools and the Midlands at every age level. He also became a teacher for a short period of time.
He spent a year with the Wigston club South Leicester RUFC before he finally joined the Leicester Tigers Academy where he combined playing with further education at De Montfort University. He worked his way through the Tigers lower teams and continued his representative career, playing for both the England U19 and U21 sides. He has also featured in the England Sevens squad along with his teammate Louis Deacon.
In August 2001, he made his first team
He finally established himself as a regular in the
Ellis suffered knee ligament damage against Bristol on 5 May 2007 in the Guinness Premiership semi-final play-off. He played an influential role in the Tigers' domestic double success, but the injury meant him missing out on the Premiership and Heineken Cup finals.
The
Ellis started the 2009/10 season as first-choice scrum-half for Leicester, but suffered an injury in training, which left him out of the game for a significant part of the season. He returned to play in the Guinness A league, and helped the Tigers A team to victory.[7]
His last game for the senior side came against Northampton Saints in the LV= Cup.[8]
International career
Ellis played for the England A, Under 16 Group and Under 18 Group schools sides. In fact, he played for the England Under 18 side when he was only 16.
Ellis was selected on England's 2004 summer tour as third choice
He subsequently became a regular fixture in the
He was left out of the Summer development tour to Australia, but was chosen again for the Elite Player England Squad for the 2006/2007 season. Ellis was not included in the 2006 Autumn internationals that saw England head coach
Ellis was ruled out of the 2007 Rugby World Cup due to the knee injury suffered in the Premiership.
He had a very successful 2009 Six Nations tournament, starting for England as a result of the ankle injury to Danny Care,[9] and went on to score two tries in a man-of-the-match performance against Italy, where his opposite number was, unusually, Mauro Bergamasco.[10] He started all subsequent Six Nations matches, where he played scrum-half to former teammate Andy Goode, and then current teammate Toby Flood's fly-half. His last game for England came in the Calcutta Cup win over Scotland.[11]
He was picked for the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour, where he played as a substitute in the final Test win against the Springboks in Ellis Park.[12]
References
- ^ leicestertigers.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160827005718/http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/15137.php. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
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(help) - ^ "Leicester break Llanelli hearts". BBC News. 28 April 2002.
- ^ "Leicester hang on to defend Heineken crown". espn.co.uk. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Cleary, Mick (3 May 2009). "Leicester reach Heineken Cup final". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "I enjoyed pressure kick – Crane". BBC Sport. 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Leicester 10-9 London Irish". BBC. 16 May 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Tigers crowned 'A' league champions". Guinness Premiership website. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Saints clinch Midlands derby". Planet Rugby website. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Harry Ellis starts for England in Six Nations opener". The Telegraph. London. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Six Nations: England 36–11 Italy – Harry Ellis provides a boost for Martin Johnson". Mirror. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "England 26–12 Scotland". BBC Sport. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "South Africa 9-28 Lions". 4 July 2009.