Statistics
| Squad | London Wasps |
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| Position | Wing |
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| Age | 20 |
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| Height | 1.78m (5'10") |
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| Weight | 81kg (12st 10lb) |
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| IRB World Series | 7 events |
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Two appearances in his first IRB World Sevens tournament in Dubai in December 2009 ushered in a stunning seven tries at George a week later, making him the joint top try-scorer in the event, alongside William Ryder, of Fiji. Christian added two tries in Wellington and another three in Las Vegas and amassed 22 tries in seven tournaments in the 2009-10 Series.
At the age of 19, Christian, also a current England U20 squad member, has yet to appear in the Guinness Premiership, was an academy player at London Wasps and spent a loan spell with National One side London Scottish.
His playing origins were as a 12-year-old at RGS High Wycombe after he had attended Hamilton Primary School there. Now in his first year of three studying Sport Science and Psychology at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, he has a representative background that features England 16 Group A and 18 Group as well as South West U16 and U18.
His burgeoning Sevens skills helped Samurai Baracudas to win the Bournemouth tournament and Samurai International to win the Manchester competition.
Mentors include Wasps Academy coaches Alun Powell and Rob Smith, together with England’s John Fletcher, Peter Walton, Alex Sanderson and Geoff Richards, alongside Mark Mapletoft, the recent national U20 head coach.
Already, as well as his Sevens exploits, Christian has played for England U18 in Argentina, South Africa and Italy and reckons that beating South Africa at Kimberley and scoring two second half tries completed an awesome build up to the match.
Playing drums and bass, basketball and athletics and chilling with friends are his favourite relaxations. Stade de France heads his list of grounds and players he admires include Shane Williams, Jason Robinson and guess who? William Ryder – this is where we came in.